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Number Go Up
- Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR WIRED | LA TIMES | FINANCIAL TIMES | WASHINGTON POST | GLOBE AND MAIL
USED IN EVIDENCE IN THE TRIAL OF SAM BANKMAN-FRIED
In 2021, cryptocurrency goes mainstream. Giant investment funds are buying it. Politicians endorse it. TV ads hail it as the future of money. Hardly anyone knows how it works - who cares when everyone is getting rich? But financial crime reporter Zeke Faux cares: even in fraud, there are standards.
In the Bahamas, schlubby billionaire wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried tells him how he will use his fortune to save the world. In Cambodia, a spam text unearths a horrifying slavery ring fuelled by crypto. Faux buys a $20,000 cartoon of a mutant ape to gain access to a festival headlined by Snoop Dogg, and talks his way onto the yacht of a riddling crypto founder/former child actor (The Mighty Ducks, 1992) who was among the first to see the power of imaginary treasure. In search of an elusive cash reserve at the foundation of the whole system, the incredulous Faux finds himself crossing three continents, as well as the boundaries of law, taste and economic rationality. Shocking and uproarious, Number Go Up is the essential chronicle of a $3 trillion delusion, the greatest bubble in history.
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- Magnus H.
- 03-06-24
The best book about Cripto, and I have read them all.
Fantastic book and a must read. It covers all different aspects of Cripto and NFT’s. .
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- Anonymous User
- 04-04-24
Very insightful without becoming boring
I had concerns I may become disinterested with this book fairly fast but I was quickly hooked. I would recommend to anyone with even a cursory interest in crypto. Crypto bros however will be very disappointed as it's a lesson in the pitfalls and ultimately the pointlessness of cryto, essentially only used to gamble or launder money!
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- Horatio
- 13-02-24
Brilliant
If financialisation is a symptom of decaying societies, crypto is surely a an omen of apocalypse
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- Madesina
- 29-01-24
A great deconstruction of the impact of Crypto circa 2021-2023
Finding a scam in crypto is like finding a blade of grass in an English field. This is a fantastic investigation of the space in from 2021 to 2023. As I crypto sceptic I was familiar with some of these stories already but I appreciate the journalism and the story telling of this book. 5 out of 5 would recommend heartily and I already have.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-10-23
Great overview of the crypto world
This book is full of people I will hopefully never meet. A real fun listen.
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- Paul Spencer
- 28-01-24
So Crypto has two uses, Criminal and Ponzi schemes
A great listen. This covers just about everything related to the Crypto industry, essentially snake oil for the 21st century. It seems insane to listen to this account. Well written and read. If you have any interest in this or just want to learn more this is the book to listen to.
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- At this for too long.
- 24-10-23
Digs into the cesspool of crypto
By far the best book on the crypto world; well researched, brilliantly narrated and as entertaining as enlightening.
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- Sam
- 21-01-24
Very well researched and written
Fascinating story and well written book, it allows the story to lead the book, possibly slightly cathartic from the authors perspective
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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-23
Good content less good storytelling
Feels a bit like a long blog post and not an investigative book but good content and a wild story. Recommend for anyone that wants to learn more about crypto.
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- Paul Tomkins
- 20-11-23
Insightful and shocking
Superbly researched, including trips all over the world to meet the key players/fraudsters. Narration excellent, too.
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