The Token Trap: Amazon Hot New Release – Five Categories In Two Days

By Dana Love, PhD | March 9, 2026 | 5 min read

March 9: Two More #1s

The day after The Token Trap launched, Amazon’s Hot New Releases rankings updated. The book had moved into two additional categories and landed at the top of both.

#1 — Hot New Releases in Finance

#1 — Hot New Releases in Venture Capital

The Full Two-Day Record

For the complete picture, here are all five categories — three on launch day, two on March 9:

March 8, 2025 — First Day on Amazon

#1 — Hot New Releases in Money & Monetary Policy

#1 — Hot New Releases in Bitcoin & Cryptocurrencies Ebooks

#1 — Hot New Releases in Online Banking

March 9, 2025

#1 — Hot New Releases in Finance

#1 — Hot New Releases in Venture Capital

Five categories. Two days. The breadth of that reach, from monetary theory to crypto to mainstream finance to venture capital, reflects exactly the audience this book was written for.

On the Company This Book Keeps

The Money & Monetary Policy category deserves a specific note.

The Token Trap reached #1 in that category alongside some formidable new releases.

Barry Eichengreen — the University of California Berkeley economist and one of the world’s most respected monetary historians — released Money Beyond Borders: Global Currencies from Croesus to Crypto at #2.

The NPR Planet Money team’s new book landed at #3.

Greg Kaplan’s Macro: The Economic Models That Shape Our World followed at #4.

This is not a list of crypto promoters or retail finance titles. These are serious works by serious economists and journalists. That The Token Trap held #1 in that company on launch day is, frankly, the ranking I’m most proud of.

In the Finance and Venture Capital categories, the competition included Frank Rotman’s ArrowProof, Charlie O’Donnell’s Founder Unfriendly, and Mike Grossman’s Failure Is An Option — active practitioners and recognized voices in the investment world. Good books by people who know the industry.

A Note on the Venture Capital Ranking

There is a particular irony, not lost on me, in a book titled The Token Trap: How Venture Capital’s Betrayal Broke Crypto’s Promise, reaching #1 in Amazon’s Venture Capital category, ahead of books written by venture capitalists.

I’ll leave that observation where it sits.

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The Token Trap: How Venture Capital’s Betrayal Broke Crypto’s Promise is available now on Amazon.

About Dana Love, PhD

Dana Love is a strategist, operator, and author working at the convergence of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and real-world adoption.

He is the CEO of PoobahAI, a no-code “Virtual Cofounder” that helps Web3 builders ship faster without writing code, and advises Fortune 500s and high-growth startups on AI × blockchain strategy.

With five successful exits totaling over $750 M, a PhD in economics (University of Glasgow), an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a physics degree from the University of Richmond, Dana spends most of his time turning bleeding-edge tech into profitable, scalable businesses.

He is the author of The Token Trap: How Venture Capital’s Betrayal Broke Crypto’s Promise (2026) and has been featured in Entrepreneur, Benzinga, CryptoNews, Finance World, and top industry podcasts.

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