Author Talk: Jake Adelstein and the Devil Takes Bitcoin

Name: Author Talk: Jake Adelstein and the Devil Takes Bitcoin
Start: 2025-11-06T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-06T20:00:00-08:00
Location: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Nov 06 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301 United States
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*English, In-person program

Join us for our second event with bestselling author Jake Adelstein, an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993! This event will feature a special talk and signing in celebration of his latest book, The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japanese Connection.

スピーカーのジェイク・アデルスティーン氏は、渡辺謙や笠松翔らが出演する人気ドラマシリーズ Max（WOWOW）『Tokyo Vice』の原作者/モデルでもあり、1990年代に外国人として初めて読売新聞の記者となって以来、数々のスクープを手がけてきました。ビットコインという概念がどのようにして誕生し、仮想通貨ブームが起こったか、その黎明期からの流れをたどり、かつて世界最大級を誇ったマウントゴックス事件が、仮想通貨業界に与えた影響、仮想通貨が持つ理想と危険を、日本という舞台で生じた実例を通じて解説する新刊記念ブックトーク、ぜひご参加ください（英語プログラム）

Date & Time:
Thursday, November 6th at 6 P.M.
(Doors open at 5:30 P.M.)

Venue: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
525 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Admission:
FREE!

Agenda:
5.30pm Doors Open & Registration
6:00pm Program

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Our Amazing Speaker:

Jake Adelstein | Investigative Journalist

Jake Adelstein has been an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993, writing in Japanese and English. He authored Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan (now an HBO series), The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld (2023), and Tokyo Noir: In and Out of Japan’s Underworld (2024). He co-hosted the award-winning podcast The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods. A recognized expert on Japan’s organized crime, he has reported for The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times, Tempura, and VICE. He is also a low-ranking Zen Buddhist priest, trying hard to be kinder and occasionally exorcising hungry ghosts. Adelstein frequently appears as a commentator on Japanese crime and culture, working as a writer and consultant. He published his latest book, The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japanese Connection on September 2nd, 2025.