Dark Markets
Dark Markets is the Newsletter for Fringe Finance. David Z. Morris, PhD (CoinDesk, Fortune) is your guide to the squirming underbelly of capitalism, where markets are irrational, money is imaginary, and the machines are even stupider than the rest of us.
David Z. Morris
Show overview
Dark Markets has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 32 episodes. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 14 min and 59 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 22 episodes published. Published by David Z. Morris.
From the publisher
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. davidzmorris.substack.com
Latest Episodes
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Caroline Ellison, Manifold Markets, and Eugenics
Zuckerberg's AI Vision Looks Great ... for Facebook
Situational Awareness was Dumber than We Thought: Live with David Z. Morris
Effective Bribery, live with David Z. Morris
👁️ LIVE: Ben Affleck Conned by Fake Satoshi?
Leverage Research Returns, Live with David Z. Morris
KOSA vs. Privacy, Live with David Z. Morris
👁️ AI Exuberance, Binance Regulated, and SCOTUS on Executive Power - News Live with David Z. Morris
Citation Hallucinations Live with David Z. Morris
👁️ Live with DZM: The Tragedy of Barbara Fried
Live with David Z. Morris
👁️ Video: Tornado Cash and Katie Lin
How Silicon Valley Tech Bros Are Destroying Democracy Through AI, Crypto, and Fascist Ideologies
👁️ 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
👁️ 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