Barnes & Noble Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud by Ben McKenzie

Instant New York times best seller a smart, savvy road map through the mayhem of the cryptocurrency madness. Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Alexander Hamilton From one of the crypto industry 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 biggest true believers, anti-crypto whistleblowers, and government operatives, Easy Money is an on-the-ground look at a perfect…