Make a fast million from bitcoin? My soul is damaged enough already | Julian Baggini

The lure of cryptocurrency makes me fear the Faustian pact of speculative finance. But the awful truth is we’ve all signed up to it already“If it works, I’ll give you a million quid.” Until recently, I had only heard words like these from the lips of violent mobsters in 70s heist films, uttered in dingy boozers or dark back streets. Recently, however, it was said to me by an unthreatening middle-aged man sitting opposite me in a south London craft coffee shop. The only So