Foreign Policy: The Crypto Con Years Aren’t Over Yet — reviews of Michael Lewis, Zeke Faux and Peter Howson
Three of the crop of 2023 — Michael Lewis’ Going Infinite, Zeke Faux’s Number Go Up and Peter Howson’s Let Them Eat Crypto.
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David Golumbia, 1963–2023
An obituary for my friend David, remembering how he lived.
Cory Doctorow: Red Team Blues — a medium-boiled forensic accountant detective novel, with crypto and gangsters
“Finally, thanks to every crypto grifter for giving me such fertile soil to plow.”
Jeff John Roberts: Kings Of Crypto — the Hero’s Journey of Coinbase
The Great Man theory of history is wrong, dumb and bad. But it’s harder to make material circumstances into a gripping tale of derring-do.
Crypto Policy Symposium 2022 videos are up
All the videos in original running order.
Boundary 2: Creationism on the Blockchain — review of George Gilder, Life After Google
The review is nine thousand words. But it’s considerably more coherent than the book, because I had an editor.
Jennifer Robertson: Bitcoin Widow — Quadriga? I know nothing! Nothing!
“So the truth is, I didn’t know all that much about Gerry or his business.” Well, so much for the one reason we’re reading this.
Dan Davies: Lying for Money — not a book about crypto, except it really is
If you’re Reggie Kray, you can take notes on a criminal conspiracy.
Summer reading for the cryptocurrency skeptic: part 1
Phew, what a scorcher! Why not sit back with a book or ten on the most fascinating subject in the world: financial shenanigans.