Event
Author Zeke Faux on Number Go Up: The Crypto Book Everyone is Talking About
Investigative reporter Zeke Faux on cryptocurrency.
February 6, 2024
6pm-8pm
NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
7th Floor Commons
20 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003
In 2021, cryptocurrency was the next big thing. No one really knew how it worked, but it was clear people were making a fortune off it. So investigative reporter Zeke Faux decided to dig into it. “What started as curiosity — with a dash of FOMO — would morph into a two-year, globe-spanning quest to understand the wizards behind the world’s new financial machinery,” according to his website. Faux gained access to crypto scammers, utopians, overnight billionaires and Sam Bankman Fried — before his epic fall from grace.
Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall has been described as “laugh-out-loud funny” and the best crypto book ever written. Join us on Tuesday, Feb. 6th, to hear directly from Faux himself on what it took to conceive of the idea, to follow the story around the world and to, finally, write it out. The discussion will be moderated by NYFWA president Olivia Carville. Audience questions are encouraged. Networking over light refreshments will follow.