02912cam a2200337 4500 902707402 TxAuBib 20230730120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781647009250 1647009251 B0B8F2TJ67 Amazon cb37198c-e810-4d2d-9195-59329dd4f104 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9157905 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McKenzie, Ben. Easy Money [Libby] : Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud. ABRAMS, 2023. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1602kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Business. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>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</b><br /> At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (<i>The O.C.</i>, <i>Gotham</i>) 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.<br /> But after scratching the surface, he had to ask, “Am I crazy, or is this all a total scam?” In <i>Easy Money</i>, 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, <i>Easy Money</i> 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-07-29 20:00:03. Silverman, Jacob. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cb37198c-e810-4d2d-9195-59329dd4f104&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cb37198c-e810-4d2d-9195-59329dd4f104&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cb37198c-e810-4d2d-9195-59329dd4f104&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)