David Z. Morris

Chief Insights Columnist

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.

Latest from David Z. Morris

Opinion

In Craig Wright Verdict, Reality Prevails

The BSV grift limps towards its ignominious end.

Oct 21, 2022

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

Opinion

En el veredicto de Craig Wright, la realidad prevalece

La crisis del BSV cojea hacia su ignominioso final.

Oct 21, 2022

Opinion

Dans le verdict de Craig Wright, la réalité prévaut

L’arnaque du BSV boite vers sa fin ignominieuse.

Oct 21, 2022

Opinion

Nel verdetto di Craig Wright, la realtà prevale

La truffa BSV arranca verso la sua ignominiosa fine.

Oct 21, 2022

Opinion

В «Вердикте Крейга Райта» реальность преобладает

BSV приближается к своему позорному концу.

Oct 21, 2022

Opinion

У вердикті Крейга Райта реальність переважає

Гра BSV кульгає до свого ганебного кінця.

Oct 21, 2022

Opinion

No veredicto de Craig Wright, a realidade prevalece

A fraude do BSV manca em direção ao seu fim ignominioso.

Oct 21, 2022

Layer 2

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."

Oct 19, 2022

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

Markets

¿Por qué las criptomonedas se dispararon tras las malas noticias sobre la inflación?

La absurda reacción de los precios del jueves en los mercados de activos muestra lo extrañas que pueden ponerse las cosas cuando la Reserva Federal está al mando.

Oct 14, 2022

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Layer 2

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.

Oct 14, 2022

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.