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Dark Markets

David Z. Morris

Bleeding-edge finance and technology analyst David Z. Morris, PhD (CoinDesk, Fortune) is your guide to the squirming underbelly of capitalism, where fraud is rampant, markets are irrational, money is imaginary, and the machines are even stupider than the rest of us.

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  • August 13 · 35 min

    Zuckerberg's AI Vision Looks Great ... for Facebook

    Thank you LeftieProf, Elle Stern, PJ Schuster, Skutt Hope, CO, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • July 22 · 11 min

    👁️ LIVE: Ben Affleck Conned by Fake Satoshi?

    A sneak peek at the crazy story of how Casey Affleck wound up playing one of the most pathetic humans alive … as the hero of a $90 million Hollywood film. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • May 14 · 36 min

    👁️ Live with DZM: The Tragedy of Barbara Fried

    A discussion and overview of this week’s newsletter, a deep dive into Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeals process. Thank you Susanne Berger, Laura K, Connie, Blue America, Tamar Kranick, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • May 7 · 10 min

    Live with David Z. Morris

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • May 4 · 5 min

    👁️ Video: Tornado Cash and Katie Lin

    Read the full original post here: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/tornado-cash-the-butchering-of-katie This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • April 1 · 22 min

    👁️ OpenAI Red Flags: Live with DZM

    Apologies for the sound quality here - I was apparently still connected to my Bluetooth headphones. There’s also a brief, weird blackout at around the 4:00 mark, but stick with it, I come back! Thank you Susanne Berger, Don Buckter, TM, kbacon, Ellen Young, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • March 25 · 18 min

    👁️ The PolyFraud: Live with David Z. Morris

    Thank you Honey Badger, Jen, Jean, Kathy Colbenson, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • March 13 · 1 hr 13 min

    Stealing the Future: A Conversation with Daniel Pinchbeck

    I was extremely flattered to see author Daniel Pinchbeck show up for one of my recent book release events. We had a great conversation about Sam Bankman-Fried, crypto, and more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • March 6 · 51 min

    How Epstein Seeded The Great Crypto Grift

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • Jun 17, 2024 · 1 hr 14 min

    Why Was Alameda Tether's Biggest Client? w/Crypto Critics Corner

    Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are investigative reporters for Protos.com and cohosts of the venerable Crypto Critics Corner podcast. They join David Z. Morris to discuss evidence that Alameda Research was arbitraging the stablecoin Tether to users in Asia, at huge scale, and possibly in service of illegal activity. We also dig into the deeper connections between the FTX group and Tether, including their shared efforts to buy Farmington State Bank ("Moonstone Bank"), and gain access to the U.S. FedWire system. Other topics include: * Why the notorious Crypto Critics actually think Bitcoin is “super cool.” * The implications of American monitors tracking activity on Binance. * Deltec Bank’s reliance on Chinese capital. * Why nuanced critical thought is dying on the Internet. Find more episodes of the Dark Markets podcast at: https://davidzmorris.substack.com/podcast Dark Markets is produced by Eleanor Pahl and features music by Altus Noumena. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidzmorris.substack.com/subscribe

  • Jun 4, 2024 · 1 hr

    Secret Network: From "Privacy Coins" to Confidential On-Chain Computing, w/ Secret Labs CEO Alex Zaidelson

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit davidzmorris.substack.com I sat down with my old friend Alex Zaidelson to talk about his current work as CEO of Secret Labs. He and his team, along with other related projects, are working to shift the conversation about on-chain privacy to focus on what they call “confidential computing.” While “privacy coins” like Monero and Beam (where Zaidelson was formerly CEO) are focused …

  • May 16, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min

    What is West Ham? w/ 0xKitsune

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit davidzmorris.substack.com I sat down with notorious foxboy and international currency expert 0xKitsune to talk stablecoins, community, and crypto risk. Kits is pseudonymous and appears here as an avatar. Premium Subscribers listening through the Substack App will get a bonus 15 minute segment on the philosophy and mindset of crypto traders. Topics covered in the main ep: - Why Bo…

  • Apr 22, 2024 · 58 min

    Are Eigenlayer and Ethena Time Bombs ... or is it just Post-Terra Trauma? w/ Bloq CSO Zane Huffman

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit davidzmorris.substack.com In today's show, we dive into the risks of two major new DeFi products: The restaking protocol Eigenlayer and the yield-producing stablecoin Ethena. We get insights from a top-tier degen: Bloq CSO Zane Huffman. Huffman walks us through the time a restaking protocol blew up on BNB, and its consequences. But Zane also thinks worries about these protocols may be getting amplified because of recency bias - specifically, the memory of the collaps of the TerraUSD stablecoin. But Terra, he argues, has almost nothing in common with the way Ethena, or Eigenlayer, work. Finally, premium Dark Markets subscribers get a bonus section, with Zane discussing his take on crypto trading strategies - and which ones are more reliable than mere gambling. Read Vitalik Buterin's thoughts on Restaking: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/05/21/dont_overload.html Zane Huffman can be found on Twitter at @jeffthedunker. His portfolio at Bloq includes Vesper (@vesperfi) and Metronome (@metronomedao). His substack can be found at https://greenjeff.substack.com/ Dark Markets is hosted by David Z. Morris, @davidzmorris. Dark Markets is edited by Eleanor Pahl. Music is by Altus Noumena.

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