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Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street

Jeff John Roberts

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Summary

Jeff John Roberts follows Brian Armstrong and Coinbase as they try to bring cryptocurrency into mainstream finance. The account places the company’s growth inside a volatile market marked by speculation, hacking, government investigations and conflicts within the crypto world. Its three parts move through early struggles, a boom and bust, and the period described as crypto winter. The book was published in December 2020, before Coinbase’s 2021 public listing.

  • SourceKings of Crypto — licensed O’Reilly / Harvard Business Review Press · December 2020; Overview and Contents

Why read it Our view

Read it for the problems of building a financial product while its market and public reputation are still changing. Coinbase’s story gives a concrete setting for thinking about security, government scrutiny and the pressures of sharp market cycles.

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    The publisher’s account follows Armstrong and Coinbase as they try to bring cryptocurrency into mainstream finance.
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