Details:
- author: Jamie Bartlett
- full title: The Missing Cryptoqueen: The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It
- narrator: Jamie Bartlett
- genre: nonfiction, true crime
- topics: #cryptocurrency, #scam, #ponzyscheme
- publisher: Hachette Books
- publish date:
- timing: 8:21:00
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙💙💙
- narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
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My Thoughts:
The Missing Cryptoqueen was, for me, the best true crime book so far. I think this is because no one dies here. I’m not a big fan of this genre, but I read a book from time to time.This audiobook tells the story of Ruja Ignatova, one woman behind the enormous cryptocurrency fraud. She was running a profitable business that was, in fact, a Ponzi scheme. It was so successful because it combined MLM and cryptocurrency mania.
Interesting fun fact: this same cryptocurrency OneCoin still exists today.
This audiobook was a very engaging read. It was very interesting and detailed (but not overwhelming). The narration by the author, Jamie Bartlett, is very good.
About the Author:
Jamie Bartlett is a journalist and tech blogger for The Telegraph and Director of The Centre for the Analysis of Social Media for Demos in conjunction with The University of Sussex.
In 2013, he covered the rise of Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement in Italy for Demos, chronicling the new political force's emergence and use of social media.
In 2014, he released The Dark Net, discussing the darknet and dark web in broad terms, describing a range of underground and emergent subcultures, including social media racists, cam girls, self-harm communities, darknet drug markets, cryptoanarchists and transhumanists.
He regularly writes about online extremism and free speech, as well as social media trends on Wikipedia, Twitter and Facebook.
