# Dark Markets

> Dark Markets is a newsletter about technology fraud - not just financial chicanery, but also ideological manipulation and misleading technical hype.

Author David Z. Morris is a longtime financial fraud investigator and crypto pioneer. In 2013 while writing for Fortune, he became one of the first reporters to ever cover cryptocurrency in a mainstream publication. 

## Recent Posts

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- [👁️Andreessen's Ignorance Agenda](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8Fandreessens-ignorance-agenda): The Broligarchy doesn't want you thinking about things: it's bad for the bottom line.
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- [👁️ The Hyperstition Recession: Citrini, the A.I. Timelines Scam, and the Collapsing Frontier](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-the-hyperstition-recession-citrini-the-ai-timelines-scam-and-the-collapsing-frontier): The Intelligence Crisis is coming from inside the building
- [👁️ Trump: No Pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-trump-no-pardon-for-sam-bankman-fried): Asked, answered, and confirmed.
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- [👁️The Techno-Fascist Starter Pack](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8Fthe-techno-fascist-starter-pack): Get caught up on three years of Dark Markets
- [👁️ I Found Epstein. I Just Didn't Realize it. (Redux)](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-i-found-epstein-i-just-didnt-realize-it-redux): In 2019, I investigated a Russian-led influence-peddling operation. Last week, I found out who was behind it.
- [👁️ I Found Epstein. I Just Didn't Realize it.](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-i-found-epstein-i-just-didnt-realize-it): In 2019, I investigated a Russian-led influence-peddling operation. Last week, I found out who was behind it.
- [The Mormon Manson and the $Libra Fraud, Pt. 2: Hayden Davis' Family Murder Cult Was All About Money](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/the-mormon-manson-and-the-dollarlibra-fraud-pt-2-hayden-davis-family-murder-cult-was-all-about-money): The $Libra scammer's great-grandfather built a lasting empire of fraud, extortion, and theft, enforced by murder, brainwashing ... and elite government connections.
- [👁️Epstein, Eugenics, AI, and Fraud: The Idiocy of Genius](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8Fepstein-eugenics-ai-and-fraud-the-idiocy-of-genius): Imagined genetic superiority is a great excuse for theft, lying, and rape.
- [👁️Technology Fraud Helped Kill Alex Pretti](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8Ftechnology-fraud-helped-kill-alex-pretti): Silicon Valley must answer for the fruit of its habitual deceptions.
- [👁️ The Metaverse is On Its Last Legs](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-the-metaverse-is-on-its-last-legs): Say goodbye to the Previous Thing. Also: Salesforce gets f*cked by AI, Tesla's Roadster scam, and more.
- [👁️ For Trump, Fascism is Just Another Scam](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-for-trump-fascism-is-just-another-scam): By elevating bad people and selling out consensus reality for profit, a tolerance for grifters helped lead us to this collapse.
- [👁️ Eugenics is the Beating Heart of Artificial Intelligence](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-eugenics-is-the-beating-heart-of-artificial-intelligence): The entire field is structured by racist ideology. Also, Yann LeCun leaves Meta, Prediction markets as military technology, Bill Ackman picks another winner, and more.
- [👁️ The Libra Fraud and the "Mormon Manson": Hayden Davis, Donald Trump, and Cult Politics (Part 1)](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-the-libra-fraud-and-the-mormon-manson-hayden-davis-donald-trump-and-cult-politics-part-1): A murderous Polygamist sect connects the kidnapping of Nicholas Maduro to cryptocurrency fraud.
- [👁️ 2026 Hopium: Elon Musk’s Downfall Means Hope for the Human Race](https://paragraph.com/@darkmarkets/%F0%9F%91%81%EF%B8%8F-2026-hopium-elon-musks-downfall-means-hope-for-the-human-race): And other delusional prognostications for the downtrodden. Plus: Best of 2025
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