BBC cryptocurrency documentary pulled from air at last minute

Programme about self-made crypto-millionaire' dropped amid questions over central claims

The BBC has pulled a documentary about a cryptocurrency entrepreneur from television schedules at the last minute after the Guardian raised questions about some of its central claims.

The programme, called The Crypto-Millionaire and due to be broadcast at 7.30pm on Wednesday night, was to tell the story of Hanad Hassan, a 20-year-old from Birmingham who said he had become incredibly wealthy by trading cryptocurrencies. The programme claimed he had turned a $50 (37) investment at the start of 2021 into $8m (5.9m) by the end of the year - suggesting he had made an astonishing investment return of almost 16,000,000% in just nine months.