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Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
Written by Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman
Narrated by Ben McKenzie
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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.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great, great book. A frank retelling of what will surely be seen as the historic rise and fall of the crypto-casino-capitalism. With just enough technical details where it counts to give you a great understanding of what happened and why. If you want to learn about Crypto, this is the book to pick.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Take down the crypto bros once and for all! Go Ben!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Funny, moving, and very poignant. I didn’t expect to like this as much as I did, and the heavy subject matter is leavened perfectly with the view of the absurdism of it all.