Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery
Documentary Details:
| Also known as | Cobie: the Bitcoin History (2024) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Release date | October 8, 2024 |
| Running time | 1hr 40min |
| Age rating | TV-MA |
| Directed by | Cullen Hoback |
| Written by | Cullen Hoback |
| Produced by | Jessie Deeter, Scott Holroyd, Alina Solodnikova |
| Cinematography by | Cullen Hoback |
| Edited by | Cullen Hoback, Tom Patterson |
| Music by | John Morgan Askew |
| Production Company | HBO Documentary Films Hello Pictures Hyperobject Industries Hyrax Films |
| Distributor | Max |
Cast & Characters:
- Cullen Hoback as Self – Filmmaker
- Samson Mow as Self – Bitcoin ‘Ambassador’
- Ricardo Salinas Pliego as Self – ‘Uncle Richi’
- Adam Back as Self – CEO, Blockstream
- Rachel-Rose O’Leary as Self – Bitcoin Journalist
- Amir Taaki as Self – Early Bitcoin Developer
- Roger Ver as Self – Bitcoin Jesus
- Nouriel Roubini as Self – Economist
- Peter Todd as Self – Early Bitcoin Developer
- Nick Szabo as Self – Cryptographer
- Michelle Phan as Self – YouTube Star
- Andrew Yang as Self – Politician
- Philip Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia as Self – Serbia
- Milojko Spajic as Self – Prime Minister, Montenegro
- Vitalik Buterin as Self – Founder, Ethereum
- Jack Dorsey as Self – Founder, Twitter
- William Soriano as Self – Congressman, El Salvador
- Gavin Andresen as Self – Chief Scientist, Bitcoin Foundation (archive footage)
- Sam Bankman-Fried as Self – Co-Founder, FTX (archive footage)
- Hal Finney as Self – Developer, PGP Corporation (archive footage)
- Barney Frank as Self – Retired US Congressman (archive footage)
- Gregory Maxwell as Self – Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Blockstream (archive footage)
- Javier Milei as Self – President of Argentina (archive footage)
- Gustavo Petro as Self – President of Colombia
- Jerome Powell as Self – Chairman, Federal Reserve (archive footage)
- Elizabeth Warren as Self – Senator, Massachusetts (archive footage)
- Craig Steven Wright as Self – ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ (archive footage)
Storyline:
Cullen Hoback investigates the origins of Bitcoin and its anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, exploring the potential of this cryptocurrency on the global financial system and who could hold immense power if it became mainstream.