Paul Vigna

The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order Paul Vigna

Publisher Marketing: Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about Bitcoin? In "The Age of Cryptocurrency," Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world s billions of unbanked individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type crash. But Bitcoin, the most famous of the cybermonies, carries a reputation for instability, wild fluctuation, and illicit business; some fear it has the power to eliminate jobs and to upend the concept of a nation-state. It implies, above all, monumental and wide-reaching change for better and for worse. But it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril. Vigna and Casey demystify cryptocurrency its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cyber-economy. The digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world, and "The Age of Cryptocurrency" will teach you how to be ready." Review Citations: Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 4 (EAN 9781466873063, Open Ebook) Publishers Weekly 11/10/2014 (EAN 9781250065636, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 4 (EAN 9781250065636, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 03/22/2015 pg. 18 (EAN 9781250065636, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Vigna, Paul Paul Vigna is a markets reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering equities and the economy. He is a columnist and anchor for MoneyBeat. Previously a writer and editor of the MarketTalk column in DowJones Newswires, he has been a guest on the Fox Business Network, CNN, the BBC, and the John Batchelor radio show. He has been interviewed by Bitcoin magazine and appeared on the Bitcoins & Gravy podcast, and boasts a collective 20 years of journalism experience. Contributor Bio:  Casey, Michael J Michael J. Casey is a managing editor and columnist covering global financial markets at Dow Jones and the "Wall Street Journal". He is also the author of "Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image". Contributor Bio:  Pratt, Sean Sean Pratt (AEA/SAG/AFTRA) has been a working professional actor for twenty-five years. He has been an audiobook narrator for seventeen years, has recorded over 700 books in almost every genre, and has received eight "AudioFile" magazine Earphones Awards and four Audie Award nominations from the Audio Publishers Association.