Digital Money Demystified - by Tonya M Evans (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A 2024 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD CATEGORY FINALIST

Are you curious about cryptocurrency but overwhelmed by the noise and misinformation? Digital Money Demystified is the essential guide you've been searching for, offering a clear, reliable path through the complex world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

In this award-nominated book, renowned expert Dr. Tonya M. Evans, a professor of law and celebrated thought leader in cryptocurrency, breaks down these innovative technologies with clarity and precision. As a prominent keynote speaker, board member of the Digital Currency Group, and former Chair of the MakerDAO Ecosystem Growth Foundation, Dr. Evans is recognized as a pioneer in the field. Her extensive experience as a digital asset law and policy advisor, combined with her legal and financial expertise, enables her to make the digital economy accessible to all.

• The Basics: Understand how blockchain technology works and why it's revolutionizing industries globally.
• Cryptocurrency Facts vs. Fiction: Distinguish between hype and real opportunities in the crypto space.
• Investment Insights: Gain the confidence to explore cryptocurrencies and digital assets safely.
• Security and Regulation: Learn about the evolving regulatory landscape and how it affects your use and investment in digital money.
• Future Trends: Explore the future of decentralized finance and the global impact of digital currencies.

Whether you're a beginner or looking to deepen your knowledge, Digital Money Demystified will equip you with the insights and tools you need to confidently navigate and thrive in the digital economy.

From the Back Cover

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency is a rapidly changing landscape that's expected to triple in size and reach $4.94B by 2030. But before you reach for your digital wallet, you'll need to unravel the jargon, ignore the speculating influencers and know-it-all no nothings on social media spewing myths and misinformation, and turn to the experts.

Professor Tonya M. Evans, an internationally recognized scholar in blockchain, has gone down the crypto rabbit hole herself to bring you a straight-forward, plain language understanding of what crypto is and what it isn't. Evans tackles the top 10 crypto myths with well-researched, well-supported facts to help you understand how it works and empower you to make informed choices as you explore what digital money has to offer.

Digital Money Demystified bridges the gap between the FinTech bro talk around cryptocurrency in a way that makes this wealth-building technology accessible to everyone.

Review Quotes

- Minda Harts, bestselling author of The Memo, Right Within, and You Are More Than Magic

As CEO of the Blockchain Association, representing more than 100 of the top blockchain investors, companies, and projects, I've dedicated my career to creating a pro-innovation policy framework for the crypto economy. It's crucial for any burgeoning industry, especially one as revolutionary as crypto, to have educational materials that not only inform but inspire. Digital Money Demystified masterfully achieves this. At the heart of our advocacy is education, and this book perfectly mirrors our mission, demystifying complex concepts and empowering readers to embrace the financial future.

-- Kristin Smith, CEO of Blockchain Association

Professor Evans is an international expert who breaks down the technical, consumer, and legal issues related to crypto in an entertaining and simple way. This book's practical approach and focus on economic empowerment addresses the myths we see about digital money and explains why they are just myths. With easy-to read explanations grounded in thorough research, Evans offers valuable insights for anyone wondering how digital money will change the world.

-- Michele Neitz, University of San Francisco School of Law professor, founder, and academic director of the Blockchain Law for Social Good Center

Professor Evans is an unparalleled authority in digital asset law and finance. Her background in stewarding foundational cryptocurrency implementation, designing blockchain curricula for prominent law schools, and advocating for inclusive digital asset legislation all culminate in Digital Money Demystified. It's a masterful, yet uniquely accessible cryptocurrency decoder. Systematically debunking FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt), this book is replete with timely, pragmatic, and actionable insights for business leaders, investors, academics, and legislators. Get it, keep it, and leverage it into the future.

-- JoAnn Holmes, Esq., intellectual property and digital assets attorney, owner of Holmes@Law

Professor Evans brings in Digital Money Demystified the clarity of a gifted teacher who makes a complicated topic accessible to all. She acknowledges the criticisms of cryptocurrencies one by one and then methodically dismantles the myths at the core of most of them. It is no accident that she developed the world's first online certificate program in blockchain technology offered by a law school, as her technology and intellectual property law background positioned her to be an early expert in the law that governs use of open-source cryptocurrency protocols. Along with her Congressional testimony, it will help policymakers in Washington, D.C. recognize that they should let this technology develop in a lawful way.

-- Caitlin Long, Founder and CEO of Custodia Bank

Global adoption of crypto is not an "if" but rather a "when." Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation, and misleading halftruths are being circulated about crypto--which is why it is more important than ever for well-researched books like Digital Money Demystified to be published and widely shared. This book is an excellent primer for someone who is crypto curious but still has reservations. Professor Tonya Evans separates fact from fiction and removes the FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) as she unpacks the most common
crypto myths.

-- Keiko Yoshino, founder and executive director, Puerto Rican Blockchain Trade Association

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About the Author

Tonya M. Evans is a professional speaker represented by Gravity Speakers, published author, investor, entrepreneur and tenured professor of law at Penn State Dickinson Law School with an expertise in blockchain and cryptocurrency, data, technology, entertainment law and social justice. She was named to the 2021 Forbes 50 Over 50 Investment List and the FastCase 50 2021.

She also founded Advantage Evans(TM) Academy and hosts the Tech Intersect(TM) Podcast, a weekly podcast that highlights new and notable experts at the intersections of law, business, and technology. Professor Evans is the chairperson for the MakerDAO's Maker Ecosystem Growth Foundation, NFT Law advisor to several creative startups, and member of the Bermuda Global FinTech Advisory Board, Emerging Impact Advisory Board and observing member of the Global Blockchain Business Council. She's a "Philly jawn," member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., foodie, travelista, and oenophile.