The Devil Takes Bitcoin, 9781761381300
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Cybercrime, cold cash, and chaos: the greatest Bitcoin heist ever.
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The Devil Takes Bitcoin

cryptocurrency crimes and the japanese connection

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    224 pages

  • Release Date

    2 September 2025

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Summary

The Devil Takes Bitcoin: A True Crypto Crime Saga

The wild, true story of cyber-era commerce, crime, cold-hard cash, and one of the greatest heists in history.

Even in hell, Bitcoin talks. This modern take on an old Japanese saying still holds true. The cryptocurrency was supposed to do for money what the internet did for information, but it didn’t work out that way. Its virtual existence unleashed real-world chaos - especially in the homeland of its mysterious creator, Sato…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761381300
ISBN-10:176138130X
Author:Jake Adelstein
Publisher:Scribe Publications
Imprint:Scribe Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:2 September 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:1mm x 1mm x 1mm
About The Author

Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein was a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper, from 1993 to 2005, and from 2006 to 2007 was the chief investigator for a US State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan. He is also the public relations director for the Washington, D.C.-based Polaris Project Japan, which combats human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children in the sex trade. Adelstein has written for The Daily Beast/Newsweek, The Independent, and The Guardian, and is a regular contributor to The Atlantic Wire. He has appeared on CNN, NPR, the BBC, and other media outlets as a commentator on yakuza-related news and Japan’s nuclear industry giant, TEPCO.

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