The Devil Takes Bitcoin
cryptocurrency crimes and the Japanese connection
$28.75
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2025
Summary
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. 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, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Tokyo was the centre of the world’s larges…
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: | 276g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 153mm x 233mm |
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Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein has been an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993, writing in Japanese and English. He authored Tokyo Vice (now an HBO series), The Last Yakuza (2023), and Tokyo Noir (2024). He co-hosted the award-winning podcast The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods.
A recognised expert on Japan’s organised crime, he’s reported for The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times, Tempura, and VICE.
He is also a low-ranking Zen Buddhist priest, trying hard to be kinder and occasionally exorcising hungry ghosts. Adelstein frequently appears as a commentator on Japanese crime and culture, working as a writer and consultant.
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