Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR

“A sensible, savvy street map via the mayhem of the cryptocurrency insanity.”
—RON CHERNOW, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Alexander Hamilton

From “one of many crypto trade’s unlikely however most outstanding critics” (Washington Submit), an entertaining and well-researched account of the rise and fall of cryptocurrency.

On the top of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie was the proper mark for cryptocurrency: a dad caught at residence with some money in his pocket, apprehensive about his household, armed with solely the imprecise notion that folks had been making heaps of cash on one thing he—regardless of a level in economics—didn’t fully perceive. Lured in by grandiose, utopian guarantees, and positive, a bit of little bit of FOMO, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the varied different cash and exchanges on which they’re traded. However after scratching the floor, he needed to ask, “Am I loopy, or is that this all a complete rip-off?”

In Straightforward Cash, McKenzie enlists the assistance of journalist Jacob Silverman for an investigative journey into crypto and its outstanding crash. Weaving collectively tales of common merchants and victims, colourful crypto “visionaries,” Hollywood’s greatest true believers, anti-crypto whistleblowers, and authorities operatives, Straightforward Cash is an on-the-ground take a look at an ideal storm of irresponsibility and prison fraud. Based mostly on authentic reporting throughout the nation and overseas, together with interviews with Sam Bankman-Fried, Tether cofounder Brock Pierce, Celsius’s Alex Mashinsky, and extra, that is the ebook on cryptocurrency you’ve been ready for.

From the Writer

Writer ‏ : ‎ Harry N. Abrams (July 18, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1419766392
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1419766398
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 kilos
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.35 x 1.35 x 9.25 inches