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Cryptomania: Hype, Hope, and the Fall of Ftx's Billion-Dollar Fintech Empire

Name: Cryptomania: Hype, Hope, and the Fall of Ftx's Billion-Dollar Fintech Empire
Brand: Simon Element / Simon Acumen
SKU: 9781668038178
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Contributors:

Andrew R. Chow

Publisher:

Simon Element / Simon Acumen

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Business & Economics, True Crime

Book Subcategory:

Finance, White Collar Crime, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrencies

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Release Date:

2025-07-01

ISBN 13:

9781668038178

Weight:

0.57 lbs

Size:

8.38 x 5.50 x 1.04 inches

Pages:

432

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For fans of Bad Blood and Too Big to Fail, an explosive, page-turning account of one of the largest financial frauds in US history, chronicling the utopian promises, human collateral, and incineration of billions of dollars in the 2022 crypto crash, by Time magazine's technology correspondent.

As cryptocurrency rose in popularity during the pandemic, new converts bought into the idea that crypto would not only make them rich, but would usher in imminent revolutions across art, finance, politics, and gaming. Cryptocurrency caught the zeitgeist through figures like FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who only two years later would be convicted of one of the most calamitous acts of financial fraud in US history.

During his meteoric rise, Sam Bankman-Fried outflanked idealists in the movement like Vitalik Buterin, who sought to build fairer, more democratic systems through Ethereum. Bankman-Fried pursued a growth-obsessed, by-any-means approach to crypto, which proved seductive to those who just wanted to get rich. But this Silicon Valley-like approach also drove the creation of a spate of high-risk financial instruments that mirrored those of the 2008 financial crisis. Accused of misleading investors and mishandling funds, Bankman-Fried became a target of prosecutors.

Now, Cryptomania unfolds the tumultuous twenty months inside this male-dominated, overhyped industry that led to its downfall. Drawing on exclusive reporting and an extensive network in the global NFT community, Andrew Chow chronicles the battle for crypto's soul, and the human toll of its economic meltdown--from the conmen and eccentrics driving the bubble to the victims caught in its burst.

About the Author
Andrew R. Chow is a correspondent for Time who covers technology, culture, and business. He has written four Time cover stories, including about the impacts of the AI corporate arms race and a prescient profile of Vitalik Buterin months before the 2022 crypto crash. He has previously written for The New York Times, Pitchfork, and NBC News. Cryptomania is his first book.

Cryptomania: Hype, Hope, and the Fall of Ftx's Billion-Dollar Fintech Empire

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