Easy Money
Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
by Ben McKenzie, Jacob Silverman · first published 2023
100% recommend
From “one of the crypto industry’s unlikely but most prominent critics” (Washington Post), an entertaining and well-researched account of the rise and fall of cryptocurrency. Weaving together stories of average traders and victims, colorful crypto “visionaries,” Hollywood’s biggest true believers, anti-crypto whistleblowers, and government operatives, Easy Money is an on-the-ground look at a perfect storm of irresponsibility and criminal fraud. Based on original reporting across the country and abroad, including interviews with Sam Bankman-Fried, Tether cofounder Brock Pierce, Ce
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…Communications barriers slowed the inrush of the sociopaths into whatever was hip at internet speed they arrive on the scene faster than the normies do. Ah. Crypto. Relevant new book on crypto and influencers: "Easy Money", by Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman.
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