In this month’s edition of the Digital Human Finance Series, Anette looks at two very different cryptocurrency communities that not only see cryptocurrencies as a new form of money, but rather as a step towards a different financial intermediation.

On social media cryptocurrency is often associated with images of wealth and sex. Why would young people want to consume this kind of content? Why are they attracted to the crypto-hustle? Dr. Alexia Maddox explores how a combination of precarity and the lure of power shape money culture around young people.