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

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

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This book is a funny, honest, searing deep dive into the world of crypto, right as it's hitting it's recent peak and beginning to show signs of collapse. 

Written from the perspective of Ben McKenzie, star of The O.C. and Gotham, the book narrates his journey as he teams up with Jacob Silverman to find the real story while the rest of the world is being carried away by the hype train.

If this subject makes you feel like you live in an alternate reality from the rest of the world, you're not alone. You are not crazy. The emperor isn't wearing any clothes. 

Details & Description

Author: McKenzie, Ben

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 304

Release Date: 18-07-2023

Details: 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. At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie was the perfect mark for cryptocurrency: a dad stuck at home with some cash in his pocket, worried about his family, armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he—despite a degree in economics—didn’t entirely understand. Lured in by grandiose, utopian promises, and sure, a little bit of FOMO, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are traded. But after scratching the surface, he had to ask, “Am I crazy, or is this all a total scam?” In Easy Money, McKenzie enlists the help of journalist Jacob Silverman for an investigative adventure into crypto and its remarkable crash. 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, Celsius’s Alex Mashinsky, and more, this is the book on cryptocurrency you’ve been waiting for.

EAN: 9781419766398

Package Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches

Languages: English