From a famous actor and an experienced journalist a wildly entertaining debunking of
cryptocurrency one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash At
the height of the pandemic TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C. Gotham) was the perfect mark for
cryptocurrency: a dad stuck at home with some cash in his pocket worried about his family
armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he—despite
a degree in economics—didn’t entirely understand. Lured in by the promise of taking power from
banks possibly improving democracy and sure a touch of FOMO McKenzie dove deep into
blockchain Bitcoin and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are traded. But
after scratching the surface he had to ask Am I crazy or is this all a total scam?” In Easy
Money McKenzie enlists the help of journalist Jacob Silverman for a caper and exposé that
points in shock to the climactic final days of cryptocurrency now upon us. Weaving together
stories of average traders and victims colorful crypto visionaries ” Hollywood’s biggest true
believers anti-crypto whistleblowers and government agents searching for solutions at the
precipice of a major crash Easy Money is an on-the-ground look at a perfect storm of 2008
Housing Bubble–level irresponsibility and criminal fraud potentially ten times more devastating
than Bernie Madoff.
