Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
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Publisher Description
A wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash.
From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash
At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) 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 the promise of taking power from banks, possibly improving democracy, and sure, a touch 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 a caper and exposé that points in shock to the climactic final days of cryptocurrency now upon us. Weaving together stories of average traders and victims, colorful crypto “visionaries,” Hollywood’s biggest true believers, anti-crypto whistleblowers, and government agents searching for solutions at the precipice of a major crash, Easy Money is an on-the-ground look at a perfect storm of 2008 Housing Bubble-level irresponsibility and criminal fraud potentially ten times more devastating than Bernie Madoff.
Customer Reviews
Fantastically interesting book!
Crypto has been around almost 20 years, but it has taken this book for me to fully realise that it is a con, Ponzi scheme lie. Ben breaks down the subject and explains it simply as “a line of computer code”
The whole world has been sucked into this lie with celebrity endorsements and governments through political donations pushing the crypto narrative to lure more and more people to part with their money in the hope of making money.
Ben delves deep into the subject and confronts some of those behind the fraud with the SBF interview cringeworthy for SBF anyway.
A book that is excellent from start to finish.