Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud: The Basis for the Documentary Everyone Is Lying to Y

THE BASIS FOR THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEYINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARA smart, savvy road map through the mayhem of the cryptocurrency madness. RON CHERNOW, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Alexander HamiltonFrom one of the crypto industrys unlikely but most prominent critics (Washington Post), an entertaining and wellresearched account of the rise and fall of cryptocurrency.Weaving together stories of average traders and victims, colorful crypto visionaries, Hollywoods biggest true believers, anticrypto whistleblowers, and government operatives, Easy Money is an ontheground look at a perfect storm of irresponsibility and criminal fraud.Based on original reporting across the country and abroad, including interviews with Sam BankmanFried, Tether cofounder Brock Pierce, Celsiuss Alex Mashinsky, and more, this honest look at cryptocurrency is more relevant than ever.At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie 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 hedespite a degree in economicsdidnt entirely understand.Lured in by grandiose, utopian promises, and sure, a little bit 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? With journalist Jacob Silverman, McKenzie brings the entertaining but terrifying truth to readers with Easy Money.The basis for the major 2026 documentary Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, Easy Money is the definitive, New York Times bestselling investigation into the SBF/FTX collapse and the global cryptocurrency scam.