{"product_id":"number-go-up-inside-cryptos-wild-rise-and-staggering-fall-by-zeke-faux","title":"Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise by Zeke Faux","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description-container\" style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; color: #111111; max-width: 800px; margin: auto;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #8b0000; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\"\u003eNumber Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003ch3 style=\"color: #333333; border-bottom: 2px solid #8b0000; padding-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eby Zeke Faux\u003c\/h3\u003e\n    \n    \u003cp style=\"font-style: italic; color: #555555; font-size: 1.1em; margin: 20px 0;\"\u003e\"The essential chronicle, by turns harrowing and uproarious, of a $3 trillion financial delusion.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv style=\"background-color: #fcf4f4; border-left: 5px solid #8b0000; padding: 15px; margin-bottom: 25px; box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\"\u003e\n        \u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-weight: bold; color: #5a0000;\"\u003e📉 INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM | TRUE CRIME | FINANCE\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp style=\"margin: 5px 0 0 0; font-size: 0.95em;\"\u003eAn absolute must-read for finance skeptics, true crime fans, and anyone intrigued by the 2021 crypto bubble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n    \u003csection\u003e\n        \u003ch4 style=\"color: #8b0000; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eExtended Synopsis\u003c\/h4\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 2021, cryptocurrency captured the mainstream consciousness. Fueled by celebrity endorsements and Super Bowl ads, giant investment funds and everyday citizens alike poured money into digital assets they barely understood. Observing this frenzy, investigative reporter Zeke Faux set out on a two-year, globe-spanning quest to determine if this ecosystem was simply an epic confidence game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eHis relentless investigation led him directly to Sam Bankman-Fried, the schlubby twenty-nine-year-old billionaire promising to save the world with his crypto fortune. From a luxury resort in the Bahamas to the elite \"ApeFest,\" down to El Salvador's national Bitcoin gamble, and finally to a harrowing crypto-powered human-trafficking ring in Cambodia, Faux uncovers the staggering reality behind the screen. When the bubble dramatically bursts in 2022, readers are brought inside SBF’s penthouse to witness the immediate fallout of the world's new financial machinery collapsing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; padding: 20px; border-radius: 5px; margin: 25px 0; border: 1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e\n        \u003ch4 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #8b0000; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eAccolades \u0026amp; Awards\u003c\/h4\u003e\n        \u003cul style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003e\n            \u003cli\u003eFinalist: \u003cstrong\u003eEdgar Award (Fact Crime)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eMacavity Award (Nonfiction)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n            \u003cli\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by: \u003cstrong\u003eThe New York Times DealBook\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eWired\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n        \u003cblockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-style: italic;\"\u003e“Masterfully written... one of the Books That Explain Where We Are”\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n        \u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 0 20px;\"\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003eEzra Klein, The New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n    \u003ch4 style=\"color: #8b0000; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eProduct Tables: Narrative Milestones\u003c\/h4\u003e\n    \u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 30px; font-size: 0.9em;\"\u003e\n        \u003cthead\u003e\n            \u003ctr style=\"background-color: #fcf4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid #8b0000;\"\u003e\n                \u003cth style=\"padding: 10px; text-align: left;\"\u003eInvestigation Subject\u003c\/th\u003e\n                \u003cth style=\"padding: 10px; text-align: left;\"\u003eGlobal Location\u003c\/th\u003e\n            \u003c\/tr\u003e\n        \u003c\/thead\u003e\n        \u003ctbody\u003e\n            \u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSam Bankman-Fried \u0026amp; 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