A review by maggies
Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux

funny informative medium-paced

5.0

As a crypto-skeptic, reading this book was schadenfreude, so I was almost guaranteed to like it. But Faux's humor, willingness to go the extra mile for his research, and keen attention to the human costs of crypto made it a favorite. The cast of characters is bizarre, from the obvious (Sam Bankman-Fried) to the less obvious (Razzlekhan—seriously, look her up), and Faux somehow managed to simultaneously humanize them and highlight how their eccentricities play into the crypto economy writ large. Highly recommend.