I've been in cryptocurrency since 2015 & I've never heard of the Electra cryptocurrency that Caliskan discusses at length in "Data Money."
It seems the reason he's obsessed about this obscure crypto is that he interviewed the founder and went down the rabbit hole of that coin.

However, if you pull back, you'll see it's just another coin among thousands that pumped and dumped.

Perhaps the author felt it was emblematic of a widespread problem.
Perhaps he wanted to use Electra as a poster child of all that can go wrong with crypto.

However, the synopsis of the book fails to mention the word "Electra."
It should, given how much time he spends on it.

Given how many crypto books there are out there, there are many better ones to select.

I'm baffled why Columbia Press published this one.
It's not overly academic, but it's also not terribly readable either.

Caliskan is a smart person & probably a great analyst, but his writing is weak.