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Crypto and financial technology

Technology

This niche holds books on bitcoin, Ethereum and blockchains, crypto booms and frauds, electronic and high-frequency trading, and payment systems such as credit cards and M-PESA.

Books 27Experts 5Recommenders 15

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  1. Mastering BitcoinAndreas M. Antonopoulos, 2014
  2. Digital GoldNathaniel Popper, 2015
  3. The Age of CryptocurrencyPaul Vigna, Michael J. Casey, 2015
  4. The Bitcoin StandardSaifedean Ammous, 2018
  5. Flash CrashLiam Vaughan, 2020
Mastering BitcoinMastering Bitcoin
T1 Mastering Bitcoin
Andreas M. Antonopoulos · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Bitcoin works underneath: keys, addresses, transactions, mining and the network.

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan

Digital GoldDigital Gold
T1 Digital Gold
Nathaniel Popper · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

The rise of Bitcoin and the people trying to build a new money for the internet.

The Age of CryptocurrencyThe Age of Cryptocurrency
T2 The Age of Cryptocurrency
Paul Vigna, Michael J. Casey · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

Wall Street Journal reporters on money, trust and the blockchain claim.

The Bitcoin StandardThe Bitcoin Standard
T2 The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Sound money must hold value over time, and Bitcoin's fixed supply makes it such.

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan, Alex Lieberman and 1 other

Flash CrashFlash Crash
T2 Flash Crash
Liam Vaughan · 2020
Open LibraryGoodreads

A trader in his parents' London house, and his link to the 2010 flash crash.

Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
T2 Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
Zeke Faux · 2023
Open LibraryGoodreads

Two years inside the 2021 crypto boom and 2022 bust, starting from Tether.

Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing
T3 Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing
David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Payments economics: interchange, closed loops and why Amex's model differs.

Algorithmic Trading and DMAAlgorithmic Trading and DMA
T3 Algorithmic Trading and DMA
Barry Johnson · 2010
Open LibraryGoodreads

Execution algorithms and direct market access, from the desk.

Dark PoolsDark Pools
T3 Dark Pools
Scott Patterson · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

How electronic trading and off-exchange venues took over.

Blockchain RevolutionBlockchain Revolution
T3 Blockchain Revolution
Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

The high-water mark of enterprise blockchain enthusiasm.

Digital Kenya
T3 Digital Kenya
Bitange Ndemo, Tim Weiss · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Kenya's tech startups and M-Pesa grew, with interviews with their founders.

Bitcoin BillionairesBitcoin Billionaires
T3 Bitcoin Billionaires
Ben Mezrich · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Anthony Pompliano

The Infinite MachineThe Infinite Machine
T3 The Infinite Machine
Camila Russo · 2020
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Vitalik Buterin and others built Ethereum and its smart contracts.

The Antisocial NetworkThe Antisocial Network
T3 The Antisocial Network
Ben Mezrich · 2021
Open LibraryGoodreads

GameStop and Citadel Securities' order flow; dramatised.

The CryptopiansThe Cryptopians
T3 The Cryptopians
Laura Shin · 2022
Open LibraryGoodreads

The Ethereum world and token economics FTX was built to trade.

Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino CapitalisEasy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
T3 Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
Ben McKenzie, Jacob Silverman · 2023
Open LibraryGoodreads

Includes the authors' own interview with Bankman-Fried.

Automate ThisAutomate This
T4 Automate This
Christopher Steiner · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Popular account of algorithms taking over trading and other trades.

Money, Real Quick: The Story of M-PESAMoney, Real Quick: The Story of M-PESA
T4 Money, Real Quick: The Story of M-PESA
Tonny K. Omwansa, Nicholas P. Sullivan · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Safaricom built the world's reference mobile-money business.

Flash BoysFlash Boys
T4 Flash Boys
Michael Lewis · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

How a trader uncovered high-frequency front-running and built the IEX exchange.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Nat Eliason

China's Mobile EconomyChina's Mobile Economy
T4 China's Mobile Economy
Winston Ma · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Payments and mobile commerce structure behind Alipay and Taobao.

The Business BlockchainThe Business Blockchain
T4 The Business Blockchain
William Mougayar · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Brad Feld, Fred Wilson

American KingpinAmerican Kingpin
T4 American Kingpin
Nick Bilton · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Ross Ulbricht built Silk Road, the online drug market, until the FBI caught him.

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Alexis Ohanian and 4 others

Attack of the 50 Foot BlockchainAttack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
T4 Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
David Gerard · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

The sceptic's brief against crypto claims.

DeFi and the Future of FinanceDeFi and the Future of Finance
T4 DeFi and the Future of Finance
Campbell R. Harvey, Ashwin Ramachandran, Joey Santoro · 2021
Open LibraryGoodreads
Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing MillCrypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance
T4 Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance
Nathaniel Eliason
Goodreads

Recommended by: The Barefoot Investor

The Little Bitcoin Book
T4 The Little Bitcoin Book
Bitcoin Collective
Goodreads

Recommended by: Anthony Pompliano, Balaji S. Srinivasan

The Truth Machine
T4 The Truth Machine
Paul Vigna, Michael J. Casey
Goodreads

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan

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