Crypto journalist, podcast host, and author

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The wild, messy tale of how young blockchain savants tried to revolutionize money, culture, and power

“In the end, it took only seven weeks to trigger the slow-motion toppling of global finance, and, though no one saw it then, begin upending the centuries-old method for establishing societal trust.”

Part riveting suspense, part coming-of-age story, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze unearths how the 2008 global financial crash ushered in the rise of decentralized computing—and how one lanky teenager’s struggle to democratize finance and technology will fundamentally alter our lives, more than the internet itself.

This insightful journalistic page-turner will have crypto newbies and OGs alike considering the broader impact of blockchain technology, how it’s being built, and by whom.

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