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Number Go Up
- Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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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- Tinni
- 05-12-2023
Good listen
I have been following the crypto story in real time and yet I was still caught off guard about pig butchering and other sections. It was great to have the whole saga collated like this. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to get the whole picture!
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- Anonymous User
- 21-09-2023
entertaining listen
can imagine both people who already know or have no idea about the events described in this book finding it an enjoyable listen
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- Anonymous User
- 28-04-2024
Crypto Awakening
Riveting read! What is a baffling topic at the best of times, Zeke takes you on a journey of awakening to all things blockchain, mutant apes and shitcoins. A ripper yarn of his globe-trotting quest to find the answer to the eternal question we all want to know - WTF is crypto good for??
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- Paul P Hansen
- 16-11-2024
Great narrative about a crazy time
This tells a great story with in depth investigation about the crazy crypto bubble up to the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried. Full of colourful characters and the epiphany of animal spirits and exuberance. The first person structure helps draw one in.
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- CM
- 27-12-2023
crypto book in search of a story
zekes thesis that tether is fake goes nowhere so he talks to sbf, goes to Cambodia and makes of bored apes. not a ton of insight and this is from a crypto sceptic.
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- Ian
- 18-11-2023
Superb book
This is a fascinating account not just of FTX but the entire crypto circus. A witty, well narrated story that I highly recommend. And no, I will not ever be buying a crypto.
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- Roland
- 16-01-2024
A friend telling a ripping yarn
It was like an old trusted friend telling a ripping yarn.
Because if the crazy irrational nature if the story there is a risk the storytelling gets caught up in the confusion.
Never fear Zeke is steering the story.
Masterful story telling, held up by the Dan Bittner’s performance.
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I enjoyed Michael Lewis book as well. I recommend both. A better story will not come align while you read (listen) them.
I look forward to Zeke’s next story.
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- Nathanael Sheehan
- 10-10-2023
Excellent
Comprehensive. Compelling. Objective. Entertaining. Highly recommended.
It's an amazing real-time documentary of our own tulip bubble and the main characters involved.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-05-2024
I lived through this
I have been in cryptocurrency since 2018. I have won and lost. I haven't made a fortune. but this work explains why. the most important bit of advice is don't bet against Bitcoin. this is all I invest in now. number go up. waiting for those trillions in government bonds to go belly up.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-10-2023
Even more interesting than I'd imagined!
Years of investigation into the fascinating, delusional and tragic world of crypto are laid out in this must read/listen. Zeke's style is detailed where necessary but always clear and easy to follow. He cuts through the crypto jargon and makes sense out of the nonsense.
Absolutely fantastic, I'd recommend it to anyone.
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