Creating A Con: The Story of Bitconned
In 2017, Centra Tech emerged as a groundbreaking crypto-currency debit card company, spearheaded by Ray Trapani and partners, seizing the crypto boom. With exclusive deals, renowned influencers like DJ Khalid and Floyd Mayweather, and the largest ICO in crypto history, they promised financial revolution. However, it was all a facade. “Creating a Con: The Story of Bitconned” investigates if these young entrepreneurs were innovators or impostors.
The podcast inspired the Emmy-nominated film, “Bitconned,” a Glass Entertainment Group documentary, which debuted on Netflix in January 2024, garnering acclaim as one of the platform’s most-streamed documentaries.
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“For as long as I can remember I was always trying to make a couple pennies.” That’s Ray Trapani, one of the co-founders of the crypto-currency company, Centra Tech. In the premiere episode of Creating a Con: The Story of Bitconned, we hear the origin story of Ray, the guy who, in his own words said, “I always wanted to be a criminal since I was a kid”. Was it destined in his nature? Or would this prolific con artist be shaped by his environment and the influences on his life from an early age?
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