The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japanese Connection - Paperback
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The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japanese Connection
From the author of Tokyo Vice comes the wild, true story of cyber-era commerce, crime, cold-hard cash, and one of the greatest heists in history.
Even in hell, Bitcoin talks. This modern take on an old Japanese saying still holds true. Cryptocurrency was supposed to do for money what the internet did for information, but it didn't work out that way. Its virtual existence unleashed real-world...
Jake Adelstein has been an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993, writing in Japanese and English. He authored Tokyo Vice (now an HBO series), The Last Yakuza (2023), and Tokyo Noir (2024). He co-hosted the award-winning podcast The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods. A recognized expert on Japan's organized crime, he's reported for The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times,...
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