The Case Against Cryptocurrency

The Failed Financial Revolution

By Darren Tseng

Cryptocurrency was libertarian fantasy money sold to the public as a movement for financial inclusion. And then it all went horribly wrong. What is the history of this movement and what can we learn from its failure?

What was behind the craziest economic bubble in human history?

In this book we explore the political motivations of cryptocurrency, the technology and the narrative economics behind it to reveal the impact of this failed financial revolution and what comes next in financial technology.


Publishers

Japanese, Korean and Mandarin translations coming in 2021.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. History of Cryptocurrency
  3. Cryptocurrency Culture
  4. Technical Shortcomings
  5. Economic Shortcomings
  6. Environment Shortcomings
  7. Ethical Shortcomings
  8. Exchanges
  9. Trade Journalism
  10. Fraud & Scams
  11. Initial Coin Offerings
  12. Digital Gold
  13. The Cult of Cryptocurrency
  14. Smart Contracts
  15. DeFi
  16. Tether
  17. Ransomware
  18. Blockchainism
  19. Enterprise Distributed Ledgers
  20. Libra & CBDCs
  21. Historical Contexts
  22. Conclusion
  23. Actions
  24. Referenences