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Number Go Up

Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

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Number Go Up

De: Zeke Faux
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The “rollicking” (The Economist), “masterfully written” (The Washington Post) account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers turned useless virtual coins into trillions of dollars—hailed by Ezra Klein in The New York Times as one of the “Books That Explain Where We Are”

FINALIST: the Edgar Award (Fact Crime), the Macavity Award (Nonfiction), the Porchlight Business Book Award, the SABEW Best in Business Book Award

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times DealBook, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, The Globe and Mail, Irish Examiner, Morningstar, The Verge, Wired

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it, celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it, and TV ads hailed it as the future of money. Hardly anyone knew how it worked—but why bother with the particulars when everyone was making a fortune from Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, or some other bizarrely named “digital asset”?

As he observed this frenzy, investigative reporter Zeke Faux had a nagging question: Was it all just a confidence game of epic proportions? What started as curiosity—with a dash of FOMO—would morph into a two-year globe-spanning quest to understand the wizards behind the world’s new financial machinery. Faux’s investigation would lead him to a schlubby, frizzy-haired twenty-nine-year-old named Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF for short) and a host of other crypto scammers, utopians, and overnight billionaires.

Faux follows the trail to a luxury resort in the Bahamas, where SBF boldly declares that he will use his crypto fortune to save the world. Faux talks his way onto the yacht of a former child actor turned crypto impresario and gains access to “ApeFest,” an elite party headlined by Snoop Dogg, by purchasing a $20,000 image of a cartoon monkey. In El Salvador, Faux learns what happens when a country wagers its treasury on Bitcoin, and in the Philippines, he stumbles upon a Pokémon knockoff mobile game touted by boosters as a cure for poverty. And in an astonishing development, a spam text leads Faux to Cambodia, where he uncovers a crypto-powered human-trafficking ring.

When the bubble suddenly bursts in 2022, Faux brings listeners inside SBF’s penthouse as the fallen crypto king faces his imminent arrest. Fueled by the absurd details and authoritative reporting that earned Zeke Faux the accolade “our great poet of crime” (Money Stuff columnist Matt Levine), Number Go Up is the essential chronicle, by turns harrowing and uproarious, of a $3 trillion financial delusion.

©2023 Zeke Faux (P)2023 Random House Audio Crímenes Reales Estafas, Engaños y Mentiras Crimen Criptomoneda Para reflexionar Celebridad Negocio

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“Journalism schools will be able to use Going Infinite, Michael Lewis’ new book about the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and the fall of its boss, Sam Bankman-Fried, as a textbook. . . . Fortunately, readers interested in the story of the cryptocurrency scam and Bankman-Fried’s rise and fall can turn to a much more convincing (and more entertaining) book. That’s Number Go Up. . . . In telling this story, Faux has one major advantage over Lewis: Almost from the start, he had crypto’s number.”—Los Angeles Times

“Faux’s boisterous, masterfully written book is worth a read. . . . Faux’s cast of misfits and con artists never fails to entertain.”—The Washington Post

“Number Go Up offers a shrewdly skeptical view of crypto where Going Infinite is stubbornly credulous.”—The New York Times
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This is a far better book than any others I’ve read (ie: Michael Lewis…) and correctly views the subject with objectivity and skepticism. When authors (Michael Lewis) get too close with their subjects they become incapable of writing the truth. Zeke is able to get close to certain crypto luminaries without losing his credibility, something most other books about crypto cannot say.

Phenomenal story

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Crypto turns out to be not a dry subject after all! There are many facts, details and character profiles that make this book a great read; written in a way that won’t let you forget to pick it up again to finish the saga of the greatest scam ever.

NOT TO BE MISSED if you live in the 21st century!!

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This was very well written, researched and entertaining to read. I thought it would be difficult to keep up and understand the topics surrounding crypto but Zeke did a great job of breaking down and making it palatable. Recommend to anyone curious about crypto.

Very entertaining even with zero crypto knowledge

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I bought this after finishing "Going Infinite" by Michael Lewis and feeling like there were still too many unanswered questions about SBFs role in the crypto ponzi schemes. Zeke does an excellent job providing more insight into the overall crypto economy while also providing arguably better information from his facetime with SBF. Instead of just listening to the hype men, he actually takes the time to address important questions about the "businesses" operate. Definitely recommend reading this in addition to Going Infinite to get a more balanced and critical perspective on the whole story. The video "Line Goes Up - the Problem with NFTs" by Dan Olson (Folding Ideas on YouTube) is also worth watching.

Much More Comprehensive and Interesting Than I Expected

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Faux gives us a look inside of the world of crypto revealing the scam and the scammers. This is so fascinating that I listened start to finish twice.

Fabulous book.

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The author did a lot of leg work meeting key players and really trying to get to know crypto. I think he's probably a little too harsh on the whole thing because it makes for a better narrative- but it is a very compelling narrative. He also did a good job of painting a picture of the crypto community, even if I do also think he was a little harsh there too.

Good story

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thank you so much for your incredible reporting. this book is very very well researched and written.

serious reporting! I think I'll call out

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I knew so little about crypto currency before listening to this audiobook. I learned a lot from this book. The author made the crypto world come alive through interesting people profiles, and his own personal investigation story. In order to get admitted to a convention of sorts, Faux needed to buy an ape coin. That process was fascinating. Faux also traveled Cambodia, where crypto was financing human trafficking. The first half of this book explained about many different currencies, and got a little repetitive, while the second half of the book was more engaging. This informative book was filled with human interest details.

Enjoyable and informative

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I like that despite the book being crammed full of facts, at no point did it drag or become to convoluted for listening to. The story was interesting, informative and pertinent. The narration was also excellent. Overall a fantastic audio book

So much to offer

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Well written, well paced and preformed. A subject that I wouldn’t think would make a good book in a million years, but Zeke’s ability to get to the heart of the matter without bogging down the experience is fantastic! He brings you along the natural rabbit hole that crypto skeptics have experienced for the last decade and weaves together a compelling narrative about the way crypto ‘works’ and who get wrecked in its wake.

Fantastic account of a wild time is scamming history

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