The book is foremost a polemic. McKenzie not only argues that crypto is overvalued, under-regulated, and rife with fraud; he makes the case that the entire ecosystem is itself a pyramid scheme ... It is, inevitably, a celebrity memoir, if one that distinguishes itself through McKenzie’s sense of humor ... The actor’s blunt sense of his own shortcomings lends him a candid charm and a convenient framing device. He uses his own entrée into the crypto community to steer the reader through its biggest scandals of the past two years ... Timely.
Zippy ... The crypto-curious will appreciate the authors’ accessible explanations of how digital currencies work, and the profiles illuminate how hype and irresponsible business practices inflated the crypto bubble for years before its inevitable burst. The result is a damning study of how and why the crypto market collapsed.