Is it doable to be a benevolent and good cult chief? Patrick Moreau and Grant Peelle profile one such man of their documentary, The Highest of Stakes. Described by his followers as “God,” The Highest of Stakes profiles this “diety” Richard Heart, the founding father of HEX coin. You might not know HEX coin, however the media refuses to cowl it, and any Reddit posts and feedback are instantly faraway from its threads.
Heart’s prominence within the crypto-sphere started from the start. Making quite a few appearances on the highest enterprise cable channels, Heart staked himself as a educated useful resource, charismatic speaker, and finally a monetary soothsayer by predicting the sharp rise and fall of Bitcoin (and different crypto) costs through the years.
Heart amassed such a fan base that he was capable of devise his personal HEX coin on the beginning value of 57 cents on December 2, 2019, and immediately, HEX coin worth multiplied by 10,000 p.c. The construction and success rely solely on his followers (referred to as HEXicans) and their funding and belief in Heart as their chief.
Ironically, probably the most partaking a part of The Highest of Stakes is Richard Heart himself. He simply exudes charisma, and he speaks on to the guts of everybody he comes into contact. Everyone deserves the proper to reside life to its fullest, casting apart the 9-to-5 grind.
According to Heart (me paraphrasing), HEX coin was created to make individuals rich…however in a disciplined means. When you put money into a stake in HEX coin, your funds are locked up for a pre-determined period of time…set by you. At the tip of the stake, you’re cash grows. The longer the stake, the extra you earn. You are primarily investing in “delayed gratification.”
“Heart amassed such a fan base that he was capable of devise his personal HEX coin…”
Before you assume The Highest of Stakes is a feature-length infomercial for Heart and HEX coin, Moreau and Peelle dive deep into their subject material. Much of the movie’s first half explores the cult-like nature of Heart’s followers—the Hexicans. When you hearken to them converse, the unwavering devotion to following Heart is unmistakable, and when he asks them to speculate or “sacrifice” their cash for Heart’s new enterprise PulseChain. He virtually disappears with their cash with nothing to point out for it and is linked to the crypto-crash of 2022. But he did name it a “sacrifice.”
Moreau and Peelle then ship in two monetary rip-off specialists to look at HEX coin, its tradition, and Heart himself. They pepper him with one robust, accusatory query after the opposite. They spotlight the truth that an funding in HEX coin does nothing. It’s not invested in something. It doesn’t work. It simply sits there paying off current maturing stakes. When confronting Heart with what seems to be an elaborate Ponzi scheme, Heart doesn’t deny their description of HEX coin. In reality, Heart doubles down and tells every investor each single element about how HEX coin works.
I’ll be trustworthy. I walked away from The Highest of Stakes, feeling that HEX coin is a posh home of playing cards, however on the similar time, feeling this heightened sense of FOMO. Maybe I’ve taken in an excessive amount of of his Kool-Aid. At one level, Heart implies that the distinction between him and Bernie Madoff is that Heart and HEX coin is completely clear and encourages buyers to dig deep and do their due diligence.
As a fan of documentaries, I’m all the time drawn to tales of extraordinary…even odd individuals. This movie hits my candy spot. Heart is that this enigma that I’m nonetheless attempting to wrap my thoughts round. Ultimately, The Highest of Stakes is a profile of probably the most charismatic man on the earth. Certainly, this man must be a conman or, worse…a Svengali. Yet, the query posed is whether or not or not HEX coin is a rip-off, supplied it’s a rip-off from the beginning.
The Highest of Stakes is ready to premiere at Regal Theaters on August 4th. For extra info, go to The Highest of Stakes official web site.
