Jake Adelstein’s ‘The Devil Takes Bitcoin’: A Gripping Narrative of Cryptocurrency’s Origins

If you’ve read Jake Adelstein’s previous work like ‘The Last Yakuza’ or enjoyed the HBO drama ‘Tokyo Vice,’ you might expect his latest book, ‘The Devil Takes Bitcoin,’ to delve into the darker side of Bitcoin’s history. 📚 You wouldn’t be entirely wrong. Adelstein crafts a captivating memoir centered on Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange at the time, and the downfall of the infamous Silk Road darknet marketplace. 💥 But it’s Adelstein’s unique perspective that sets this book apart: he argues that these tragicomic events were instrumental in shaping Bitcoin as we know it today.