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	Feb. 20, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) item	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 14, 2019 item	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase of crude oil, commitment amount				$ 244,100,000
Intangible assets, net			$ 81,960,331			$ 3,036,352
Licensed content, current			0			16,958,149
Long term investment			42,159,313			26,408,609
Salary, severance and expenses	$ 837,000	$ 637,000
Due to other related parties			200,000
Short-term Debt			1,914,419			$ 4,140,055
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Salary, severance and expenses			837,000
Borrowing from Dr. Wu. and his affiliates
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Short-term Debt			$ 1,000,000
GTD
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Assets sold under agreements carrying amount		$ 20,400,000
Number of GTB received for services provided to GTD \| item		1,250,000
GTD \| Digital asset management services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of GTB received for services provided to GTD \| item					7,083,333
GTD \| Animation copy right
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Intangible assets, net		$ 200,000
GTD \| License content
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Licensed content, current		17,000,000
GTD \| Nanjing Shengyi Network Technology Co., Ltd
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Long term investment		$ 3,200,000
GTD \| Nanjing Shengyi Network Technology Co., Ltd \| Ideanomics, Inc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest		13.00%