Money has always been controlled by nations and royalty since they could control the production of money, until now…and until cryptocurrency. Now anyone and everyone can make money. Not earn money. Make money. And in Argentina, Leonardo Cositorto, a lifelong scammer, and con artist, seized this new opportunity and finally found his calling selling crypto hot air, fake gold, and a whole fake cryptocurrency ecosystem. For a man who quit school in the third grade and was raised in the slums of Buenos Aires, this was his ticket to the big time. But now he’s in prison, so everything didn’t quite go as planned. And that is our tale. The rise and fall of Cositorto and the cryptocurrency Zoe coin.

This episode of Cowboy Kings of Crypto was created in 2022.

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