1 of 1
Cryptomania: Hype, Hope, and the Fall of FTX's Billion-Dollar Fintech Empire Download Digital Ebook ePub & Pdf
$3.77
& Instant Download
About this item
- Andrew R. Chow (Author), Eric Yang (Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher)
- DISCOUNT 60 % OFF
- digital book/Digital file type(s): PDF_ePub / INSTANT DOWNLOAD E-BOOK / Edition Language: English
- Vast Digital Library: Explore a diverse e-library with instant access to a variety of genres. Your digital reading adventure begins here!
- Instant Access: Instantly access your e-books and audiobooks from anywhere. Read and listen on-the-go with seamless digital convenience.
- User-Friendly Interface: Navigate effortlessly! Our platform offers a user-friendly interface for easy discovery and management of your digital books
- Stay digitally current! Discover frequent updates and exclusive releases, ensuring your digital library remains vibrant and thrilling.
- Versatile PDFs compatible with Kindle devices! Immerse yourself in your favorite reads seamlessly, wherever you go.
Payment Methods:
Item description from the seller
For fans of Bad Blood and Too Big to Fail, an explosive, thrilling account of one of the largest financial frauds in US history, chronicling the utopian promises, human collateral, and incineration of billions of dollars in the 2022 crypto crash, by Time magazine’s technology correspondent.
As cryptocurrency rose in popularity during the pandemic, new converts bought into the idea that crypto would not only make them rich, but would usher in imminent revolutions across art, finance, politics, and gaming. Cryptocurrency caught the zeitgeist through figures like FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who only two years later would be convicted of one of the most calamitous acts of financial fraud in US history.
During his meteoric rise, Sam Bankman-Fried outflanked idealists in the movement like Vitalik Buterin, who sought to build fairer, more democratic systems through Ethereum. Bankman-Fried pursued a growth-obsessed, by-any-means approach to crypto, which proved seductive to those who just wanted to get rich. But this Silicon Valley-like approach also drove the creation of a spate of high-risk financial instruments that mirrored those of the 2008 financial crisis. Accused of misleading investors and mishandling funds, Bankman-Fried became a target of prosecutors.
Now, Cryptomania unfolds the tumultuous twenty months inside this male-dominated, overhyped industry that led to its downfall. Drawing on exclusive reporting and an extensive network in the global NFT community, Andrew Chow chronicles the battle for crypto’s soul, and the human toll of its economic meltdown—from the conmen and eccentrics driving the bubble to the victims caught in its burst.
As cryptocurrency rose in popularity during the pandemic, new converts bought into the idea that crypto would not only make them rich, but would usher in imminent revolutions across art, finance, politics, and gaming. Cryptocurrency caught the zeitgeist through figures like FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who only two years later would be convicted of one of the most calamitous acts of financial fraud in US history.
During his meteoric rise, Sam Bankman-Fried outflanked idealists in the movement like Vitalik Buterin, who sought to build fairer, more democratic systems through Ethereum. Bankman-Fried pursued a growth-obsessed, by-any-means approach to crypto, which proved seductive to those who just wanted to get rich. But this Silicon Valley-like approach also drove the creation of a spate of high-risk financial instruments that mirrored those of the 2008 financial crisis. Accused of misleading investors and mishandling funds, Bankman-Fried became a target of prosecutors.
Now, Cryptomania unfolds the tumultuous twenty months inside this male-dominated, overhyped industry that led to its downfall. Drawing on exclusive reporting and an extensive network in the global NFT community, Andrew Chow chronicles the battle for crypto’s soul, and the human toll of its economic meltdown—from the conmen and eccentrics driving the bubble to the victims caught in its burst.
Shop Rating & Reviews
More from this shop
Listed on 17 August, 2024