CNN Show Inside Man: Morgan Spurlock Lived on Bitcoin for a Week
Morgan Spurlock, most famous for his documentary Super Size Me, spent a week last year living on nothing but Bitcoin (instead of McDonald's food) for his show CNN show Inside Man. The episode aired last night and covered all the basics of Bitcoin with relative accuracy. Also read: CNNMoney's Jose Pagliery Talks 'Bitcoin: And the Future of Money' at Bitcoin Center NYC. The show opened up with a speech by Andreas M. Antonopoulos in which he explained the value of Bitcoin to those in economies which have suffered at the hands of hyperinflation. Spurlock is encouraged to use Aegis Wallet for....
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"This whole thing is so bananas." So says American documentary maker Morgan Spurlock in an early scene from an upcoming episode of CNN's Inside Man that focuses on bitcoin. During the show, Spurlock buys bitcoin at the New York City Bitcoin Center, helps set up new machines at a bitcoin mine and visits now-defunct Silk Road 2.0 black marketplace to purchase a fake Rolex. The episode debuts on 19th February at 21:00 ET/PT, and like his controversial, Oscar-nominated 2004 documentary Super Size Me, the show centers on the concept of Spurlock surviving on one particular thing - in this case,....
Morgan Spurlock is an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, best known for his documentary, Super Size Me. The film explored the health effects of fast food by going on a 30-day diet of exclusively McDonalds. The film captured the entire process, including the severe deterioration of Spurlock’s health. The film did very well in the box office, as it explored the one of the key causes for the epidemic of obesity in the United States. Since then, Spurlock has made other successful documentaries, including “Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?”, “POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie....
A stone's throw from the New York Stock Exchange, in the heart of New York's financial district, is a 6,000-square-foot facility called theNew York Bitcoin Center. The Bitcoin Center is known for educating the public on Bitcoin and crypto-economics at their events and inviting high-profile speakers. It has become a central part of the global Bitcoin movement in it's own right and was recently featured on CNN in Morgan Spurlock's Inside Man. This year, they are working on their new incubator. John Lilic, the Head of Investor Relations and Operations at the Bitcoin Center, spoke to me about....
Enthusiasts and experts alike will be congregating in Las Vegas, Nevada next week for Mediabistro's Inside Bitcoins Conference. The conference will run from 10th - 11th December. A variety of guests will fill the show's two-day schedule with talks on all things bitcoin. "We are expecting 400+ to attend; the show has more than doubled in size since we launched in NYC in July," Natalie Bonacasa, a representative from Mediabistro, told CoinDesk. Inside Bitcoins will be held at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. The event's keynote speaker will be Jared Kenna, CEO of Tradehill. "Inside Bitcoins is....
In yet another bullish announcement for Bitcoin this week, banking giant Morgan Stanley has filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to gain exposure to BTC. Per the document, 12 of Morgan Stanley’s investment funds will allocate capital in BTC financial products. Morgan Stanley’s investment funds eligible to gain indirect exposure to […]