Rachel O’Dwyer

Writer and Lecturer in Digital Cultures, National College of Art and Design, Dublin

Rachel O’Dwyer is a writer and lecturer in digital cultures in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. She is the author of Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform (Verso, 2023).

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Economics

The cruelty of crypto

Selling itself as the new American dream, crypto exposes the vulnerable to fraud and scams, and loads risk onto the poor

Rachel O’Dwyer