David Z. Morris

David Z. Morris was CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist. He has written about crypto since 2013 for outlets including Fortune, Slate, and Aeon. He is the author of "Bitcoin is Magic," an introduction to Bitcoin's social dynamics. He is a former academic sociologist of technology with a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Iowa. He holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and small amounts of other crypto assets.

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Is Credit Suisse a Canary in the Financial Industry Coal Mine?

Though recent flubs dominate headlines, the Swiss giant’s real mistake may have been trying to compete with Wall Street in the first place.

A shuttered bank in the ghost town of Rockerville, South Dakota, near Mount Rushmore. (Peter Unger/Getty Images)

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What Bloomberg’s Crypto Opus Means for the Next Bull Market

Star finance writer Matt Levine devoted an entire Businessweek issue to crypto. That may be game over for hard-line skeptics.

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In Craig Wright Verdict, Reality Prevails

The BSV grift limps towards its ignominious end.

Hodlonaut, who sued Craig Wright in Norway and won. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

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Do Kwon's Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy World

In his latest interview from nowhere, the Terra founder and international fugitive offers “a window into the mind of an unapologetic sociopath."

Terra Community AMA with Do Kwon (April 2021)  (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

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Refound Journalism: Selling NFTs to Help Photojournalists

Photojournalists in conflict or disaster zones could improve their finances and rights management by selling non-fungible tokens of their work.

A couple walks past the turret of a tank reportedly destroyed by a drone on January 12, 2022 in North Wollo, Ethiopia. Ethiopia's civil war, also known as the Tigray War, has been lightly documented in international media - just one symptom of the shrinking footprint of news organizations and the challenges facing photojournalists who work in conflict zones.

Opinion

Why Did Crypto Surge After Bad Inflation News?

Thursday’s ludicrous price action across asset markets shows just how weird things can get when the Federal Reserve is driving the bus.

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IndigiDAO: Bringing Blockchain to Indigenous Communities

IndigiDAO founder Henry Foreman believes blockchain technology can be used to help authenticate handcrafted work made by Indigenous artisans.

Henry Foreman, founder of IndigiDAO and program manager at New Mexico Community Capital. (Google/YouTube)

Opinion

What Credit Suisse and Three Arrows Capital Have in Common

One of the world’s most embarrassingly bad banks is tanking – and some of its biggest missteps will look all too familiar to crypto financiers.

Credit Suisse is the latest banking giant to flirt with crypto. (Cayambe/Wikimedia Commons)

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Powell’s Interest-rate Antibiotics Could Succeed, but Not Without Risk

Rate hikes are potentially lethal, but could successfully cure inflation and ultimately revitalize the economy.

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