{"footnote":"  \u003Cp class=\u0022leftranged halfline\u0022\u003E    Wright told me the staff didn\u0026rsquo;t want to be paid in bitcoin. It is worth noting at this point that Wright seems constantly to have been looking for ways to turn his bitcoin into a more useful    currency. In one deal, he tried to buy a load of easily convertible gold bullion, and was ripped off. He admitted to me that he had paid a fraudster called Mark Ferrier $85 million in bitcoin and    never received the gold.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n","audio":[],"video":[]}