CryptoDad: The Fight for the Future of Money

by J. Christopher Giancarlo, Cameron Winklevoss (Foreword), Tyler Winklevoss (Foreword)

An insider's account of the rise of digital money and cryptocurrencies Dubbed "CryptoDad" for his impassioned plea to Congress to acknowledge and respect cryptocurrencies as the inevitable product of a fast-growing technological wave and a free marketplace, Chris Giancarlo is considered one of "the most influential individuals in financial regulation." The Fight for the Future of Money describes Giancarlo’s own reckoning with the future of the global economy―at the intersection of markets, technology, and public policy―and lays out the fight for a Digital Dollar. CryptoDad is Giancarlo's own personal story, detailing his forays into the world of Wall Street to his tenure as the 13th Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where he pushed for the agency to recognize the digitization of markets. His growing fame as a Twitter presence in this essential debate has given Giancarlo a platform to makes a case for the future of cryptocurrencies as the natural successor to America’s current failing financial market infrastructure. CryptoDad provides readers CryptoDad argues that the next digital wave will be the coming Internet of Value, where cryptocurrencies will do the Internet of Information did to immaterial make them accessible, distributable, and movable instantly across the globe. This book is an ideal introduction to the importance of technology in the marketplace.

Genres: Audiobook

416 pages, Hardcover

Published October 26, 2021

Reviews

[Jay French · Rating 3 out of 5]

It feels like I didn’t even read the same book as other reviewers on Amazon. I will admit it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve finished it, so my memory isn’t that recent. But I will remember this book as a book about a Trump era mid level government executive who describes the mostly positive points of leading a governmental regulatory agency. The author comes across as a smarter than average bureaucrat who attempted to set the agenda for the understanding and acceptance of cryptocurrency by the government. The anecdote I most recall is the author requesting directional acknowledgement by the president, receiving that agreement through layers of governmental hierarchy, and then running with it, through speeches and interviews, at international governmental finance meetings and in the press. OK as a insider governmental story.