{"product_id":"cryptocurrency-butterflyman-9798902170174","title":"Cryptocurrency: The Cocaine of Finance: Why Crypto Harms Society, Corrupts Power, and Endangers Ordinary People","description":"\u003cp\u003eCryptocurrency was sold as innovation.\u003cbr\u003eAs liberation.\u003cbr\u003eAs the future of money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn reality, it behaves more like cocaine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast profits create addiction. Speculation corrodes institutions. Power concentrates, accountability dissolves, and ordinary people absorb the damage when the high wears off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eCryptocurrency: The Cocaine of Finance\u003c\/b\u003e, ButterflyMan examines how crypto functions not as neutral technology, but as a financial stimulant-one that amplifies inequality, distorts markets, and weakens democratic safeguards when legitimized by political power and public authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a technical guide, and it is not an attack on technology itself.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a warning about systems designed to reward excess, evade responsibility, and privatize gains while socializing loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question is no longer whether crypto can make money.\u003cbr\u003eThe question is whether society can afford its cost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReasons to buy: \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCuts through crypto hype with clear, human-focused analysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExposes how power and legitimacy amplify financial harm.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCenters ordinary people-not traders or insiders.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTreats cryptocurrency as systemic risk, not a market trend.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsks the question profit narratives avoid: can society afford the cost?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Butterflyman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798902170174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Butterflyman Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Butterflyman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447264620799,"sku":"9798902170174","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4699b5bd-23bb-4f74-b196-68dfe2299102.jpg?v=1777229944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cryptocurrency-butterflyman-9798902170174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}