Inside the Hype Machine: Behind the Scenes of the ICO Boom

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Smart-contract auditors, PR pros, YouTube “influencers”: Meet the service class that was caught up in 2017’s ICO gold rush, selling metaphorical shovels to prospectors seeking billions in instant riches. Christie Harkin, Brad Laurie, Hartej Sawhney and David Wachsman relive the good, bad and ugly of that era.

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