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Number Go Up

Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
By Zeke Faux
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Number Go Up by Zeke Faux delves into the intriguing world of cryptocurrency, exploring how digital assets have transformed global economies and impacted personal fortunes. The book provides a deep dive into the motivations, challenges, and outcomes for individuals and institutions involved in this modern financial revolution. Zeke Faux combines investigative journalism with personal stories to shed light on the cryptocurrency phenomenon, making it accessible and engaging for readers interested in politics and current affairs.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring the world of cryptocurrency through an investigative lens. It offers an engaging look into the intersection of finance, politics, and technological change, providing insights into the effects and ramifications of digital currencies on global economies and power structures. The author's approach combines thorough research with compelling storytelling.

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Number Go Up

'The first great crypto book' (Oliver Bullough): this is the shocking, laugh-out-loud inside story of how FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers created the world's biggest ever bubble, then burst it

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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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Number Go Up by Zeke Faux is acclaimed for its engaging analysis of the cryptocurrency world, combining sharp investigative journalism with entertaining writing. Critics highlight its humour and incisive critique of the crypto sector, likening it to a financial adventure uncovering the industry's dubious characters and schemes. Many reviews praise it as an essential, entertaining read for those looking to understand the complexities and eventual downfall of cryptocurrency and related figures like Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399611350

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 304

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Computing & Technology Education & Reference Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Zeke Faux

About the Author

Zeke Faux is an investigative reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg News in New York. He's a winner of the Gerald Loeb award for explanatory business journalism and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel award, and a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Faux lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and their three children.

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