Archive - Dark Markets

August 2025

👁️ Bullish and EOS: A Very Long Grift

The team behind Bullish brutally rugpulled their earliest investors. They'll do the same to public markets.

Aug 31 •

David Z. Morris

👁️Not Even Past: Bullish and Ethereum's Shared Origin at Bitcoin Miami 2014

Vitalik Buterin and Dan Larimer took wildly different paths. But they started from exactly the same place: Miami.

Aug 30 •

David Z. Morris

Effective Altruism In a Skinsuit: "The Argument" is Laundering Austerity

Also: Bullish on Fraud; No trial for Do Kwon; the LIBRA snipers scam Kanye West; SafeMoon property seizures; and More.

Aug 26 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Dem Dark Money Pool Arabella Advisors Tied (Again) to FTX and Joe Bankman

Also: Fake Monero "Founder" Ezekiel Osbourne Rides Again

Aug 19 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ The Letter of the Law: Tornado Cash and the Limits of Machine Logic

Real decisionmaking is a choice to act, not a procedure to follow.

Aug 10 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Open Source Development's Fate is in the Balance

Roman Storm's trial may finally conclude today, in its fourth week.

Aug 4 •

David Z. Morris

July 2025

👁️In Tornado Cash Case, Prosecutors Are Stumbling

Evidentiary foulups have plagued the team led by one of Sam Bankman-Fried's prosecutors.

Jul 22 •

David Z. Morris

👁️ Starting Now: The Tornado Cash Trial and the Future of Privacy

Is Roman Storm a nefarious money-launderer? Or an activist for individual autonomy?

Jul 14 •

David Z. Morris

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