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

dark funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Enjoyed this, extremely readable and doesn't get too bogged down in the technical weeds - more interested in the people and community.  The difference between the crypto-bro culture Vs the exploited people in East Asia working in slave labour conditions to make their masters money is quite stark and the book takes quite a turn when it heads over to this side of the world.  Despite his work unravelling some of the crypto scams, Faux was fortunate with his timing of the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and Tether, I'm not sure that his book would have had a neat conclusion without this - but he was definitely sniffing in the right direction so his instincts were certainly true.
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