Christ’s cryptocurrency is on trial in Colorado. Eli and Kaitlyn Regalado have been accused of creating a worthless crypto coin and exchange, with Jesus-themed branding, that took about 3.4 million dollars from “investors” and left them holding the bag.With a hearing scheduled in Colorado for Feb 5, instead of showing up, Regalado decided to hit the Christian revival circuit in Zambia.Oh, yeah. And the laser-eyed crypto-maximalist president of El Salvador, Bukele, just won re-election.Extra reading:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/23/us-pastor-1m-cryptocurrency-scheme-christians-denverhttps://securities.colorado.gov/press-release/press-release-colorado-securities-commissioner-files-complaint-against-allegedhttps://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/el-salvador-politics-media/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)Music:Schemawound - Self-Surgery Manual (CC-BY 4.0)Airglow - Spliff and Wesson (CC-BY 4.0)Timecrawler 82 - Infinity (CC-BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Help support Wetwired and get more episodes like this one. For $5 a month, get extra subscriber only episodes every month and get access to all of our past premium episodes.https://patreon.com/wetwiredCatch up with us on the Wetwired Discord.https://discord.gg/fr62mpUy5cFollow us:Twitter at https://twitter.com/wetwiredpodInstagram at https://instagram.com/wetwiredpodBluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/wetwired.bsky.social