{"id":16443,"date":"2025-07-13T13:07:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/?p=16443"},"modified":"2025-11-13T08:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:08:04","slug":"11-08-2025-the-devil-takes-bitcoin-uncovering-the-intersection-of-japan-crime-and-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/2025\/07\/13\/11-08-2025-the-devil-takes-bitcoin-uncovering-the-intersection-of-japan-crime-and-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"11-08-2025 &#8211; The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Uncovering the Intersection of Japan, Crime, and Cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Saturday, November\u00a0 8, 2025, 3 PM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jake Aldelstein<\/strong> (Author and Journalist)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moderated by <strong>William Grimes <\/strong>(Boston University)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 PM \u2013 Author talk \/ 4 PM \u2013 Book signing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rm. 101, 610 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA<\/span><br \/>\n<a data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.japansocietyboston.org\/event-details\/the-devil-takes-bitcoin-uncovering-the-intersection-of-japan-crime-and-cryptocurrency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.japansocietyboston.org\/event-details\/the-devil-takes-bitcoin-uncovering-the-intersection-of-japan-crime-and-cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please register here<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">and admission information below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/61a01a72d196b698eebade30d\/images\/5d1f27bc-2539-9431-c87f-3768e9be08d0.png\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Join the Japan Society of Boston in welcoming Jake Adelstein, bestselling author of Tokyo Vice, for an inside look at his thrilling newest book, <em>The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japanese Connection<\/em>. In conversation with Boston University\u2019s Professor William Grimes, Jake will dive into the mysterious cryptocurrency heist and his experience as an investigative journalist in Tokyo, including opportunities for audience Q&amp;A. There will be a book signing after the talk \u2013 guests can purchase copies of The Devil Takes Bitcoin at the event or bring copies of Jake\u2019s books from home.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This event was co-organized with Scribe Publications and the BU Center for the Study of Asia at the Pardee School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Free for BU students*<\/strong>\/ $18 General Admission \/ $8 for JSB members<br \/>\nTicket sales begin October 17, 12 PM ET<br \/>\n*BU students must register in advance and show valid BU student ID at the door.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Saturday, November\u00a0 8, 2025, 3 PM Jake Aldelstein (Author and Journalist) Moderated by William Grimes (Boston University) 3 PM \u2013 Author talk \/ 4 PM \u2013 Book signing Rm. 101, 610 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA Please register here\u00a0and admission information below. Join the Japan Society of Boston in welcoming Jake Adelstein, bestselling author of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21756,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7613,7617],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16445,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16443\/revisions\/16445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}