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9 April 2022

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9 April 2022

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The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze Laura Shin

Public Affairs, pp.496, 25

There was a time when you could read a book to keep up to date about a subject. Well, that’s over. If a week is a long time in politics, in crypto it’s like a geological period. By the time a book on crypto hits the shelves it needs to be in the ancient history section.

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