A look at the rise and fall of Skycoin, a cryptocurrency that had a ~$5B total value in 2018, ran a team of social media “shills”, and was plagued by scandals (Morgen Peck/New Yorker)

Morgen Peck / New Yorker:
A look at the rise and fall of Skycoin, a cryptocurrency that had a ~$5B total value in 2018, ran a team of social media “shills”, and was plagued by scandals  —  The cryptocurrency promised to change the world and make its users rich in the process.  Then it began to fall apart.