Crypto Wars: Faked Deaths, Missing Billions and Industry Disruption

by Erica Stanford

Overview

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Business Book Awards 2022 - Specialist Business Book

Crypto is big news. You may be an existing user yourself or have friends that laud its promise of getting rich fast. Arm yourself with the knowledge to come out on top in the crypto wars.

If thousands of people can lose billions of dollars in OneCoin, masterminded by the now infamous Missing Cryptoqueen made famous by the BBC's podcast series and called 'one of the biggest scams in history' by The Times, what makes you think your money is safe? OneCoin isn't alone. Crypto Wars reveals how some of the most shocking scams affected millions of innocent people all around the world with everything from religious leaders to celebrities involved. In this book, you get exclusive access to the back story of the most extreme Ponzi schemes, the most bizarre hoaxes and brutal exit strategies from some of the biggest charlatans of crypto.

Crypto expert and educator, Erica Stanford, will show you how market-wide manipulation schemes, unregulated processes and a new collection of technologies that are often misunderstood, have been exploited to create the wild west of crypto, run by some less than reputable characters. From OneCoin to PonziCoin to Trumpcoin and everything in between, Crypto Wars uncovers the scandals, unpicks the system behind them and allows you to better understand a new technology that has the potential to revolutionize banking and our world for the better.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398600683
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	07/27/2021
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Erica Stanford is a crypto and future of money expert. The founder and CEO of the UK's most recommended crypto networking and events organization, Crypto Curry Club, she publishes the weekly Crypto Currier industry newsletter as well as Blockchain Industry Review. The advisor to several crypto start-ups, she is an in-demand speaker and commentator on the potential and use cases of digital currencies. She is the guest associate lecturer in cryptocurrency at Warwick Business School and has featured in The Express, Finance News, Coin Rivet and on the BBC. She is based in London, England.

Table of Contents

** Chapter - 00: Introduction; * Section - ONE: The Biggest Individual Scams and Hacks; ** Chapter - 01: One Coin – The Missing Crypto Queen; ** Chapter - 02: The Faked Death – Requests to Exhume a Body; ** Chapter - 03: Mt Gox – Hacks, Leaking Billions and an Unauthorised Trading Bot; ** Chapter - 04: The Double Ponzi and the Elusive Unbeatable Trading Bot; ** Chapter - 05: Sorry We Have Run – The $3billion Exit Scam; * Section - TWO: The Wild West – the Lawless Crypto Markets That Led to the Crypto Bubble; ** Chapter - 06: The Wild West, Joke and Scam Projects That Still Raised Millions, Money Doublers and Corrupt Exchanges; ** Chapter - 07: Crypto Exit Scams; ** Chapter - 08: If It Looks Like a Duck, Walks Like a Duck, Swims Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck, Then It’s a Ponzi; ** Chapter - 09: Crypto Mining Scams – Creating Nothing Out of Thin Air, Hacks and Cryptojacking; * Section - THREE: Institutional Market Manipulation; ** Chapter - 10: The Largest Bubble in Human History; ** Chapter - 11: Market Manipulation – Pump-and-dump Schemes; ** Chapter - 12: Crypto – Giving the Power Back to the People

Editorial Reviews

"As the market booms it's timely that someone has done justice to the extraordinary story of crypto - this unputdownable book captures the fun and the ups and the downs. It's a mesmeric read."

Charlie Kerrigan

"This book is essential reading, especially for anyone thinking of dipping even their little toe into cryptocurrency."

Sara Vaughan

"Erica Stanford's entertaining exploration of the world of scams, grifts, frauds and fantasies serves as a reminder that while on the one hand there is nothing new under the sun, on the other hand we have barely begun to understand the impact of cryptocurrency."

author of The Currency Cold War and international David Birch

"Fascinating read on the boom days of crypto's Initial Coin Offerings, analysing the hype that threatened to overshadow the technology. Erica Stanford captures the mood and energy of the time in this greatly entertaining and insightful work."

Caroline Casey

"An accessible guide to the confusing and fast-growing world of crypto scams. If you're thinking of investing in cryptocurrency, read this first!"

Jamie Bartlett

"Erica Stanford covers everything that is oh so wrong and oh so right about the transformational world of cryptocurrencies. Prepare to laugh, cringe or be spooked. This book combines technology, business, mystery, fantasy and popular culture in a fascinating and enlightening way. And the best part: it's all true."

Anthony Day

"Erica Stanford takes readers through the complicated history of crypto hacks, scams and pump and dump schemes with such vivid detail and engaging narrative, you'll find it hard to put the book down."

Leslie Lamb

"In what other book could you read about the biggest Ponzi schemes in the world, espionage, an $800 billion bubble, fake death, cryptoqueens, gambling and porn - literally 50 shades of the dodgiest grey with regulators and the FBI in hot pursuit? Erica Stanford brilliantly analyses the future of crypto in a world where the real future including security-backed tokens and CBDC's is only just beginning."

Bob Wigley

"The is a marvellous romp through the crazy world of cryptocurrency and its wackier elements. But as well as the fun, we get a glimpse into what might one day give the global financial system a run for its money."

Mike Butcher MBE

"Crypto has proved the quickest get-rich scheme in all history. Unfortunately, the easiest people to rip off are those hoping to get rich quick, so scam after inevitable scam has preyed on the sector. Erica Stanford's page turner tells their bitter, but compelling stories."

Dominic Frisby

"Crypto Wars is a fascinating and gripping account of human nature and its demons emerging from the frontiers of the crypto economy. It is mandatory reading for investors, regulators and builders of our financial future"

Lex Sokolin