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A plain-spoken 30-year tech veteran who lost money in crypto — now teaching regular people how not to get wrecked in scams, DeFi, and the market.

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Aug 7, 2026

David's DeFi Deep dive: After six weeks, the HYPE watch just hit its line

Subtitle: The plan I made before I got emotional, plus Morpho, the lending protocol out-engineering Aave.

Aug 5, 2026

He was suspicious. The $25M video call changed his mind.

Deepfake founders, cloned voices, and the one verification habit that still stops them.

Aug 3, 2026

Crypto Clarified: A $292M hack triggered a $5.4B stampede. Here's why.

Staking, liquid staking, and restaking are three different risks wearing similar names.

Jul 31, 2026

David's DeFi Deep Dive: How the king of on-chain perps lost 90% of its market

dYdX bet the company on its own blockchain — the tradeoff, the Scanner score, and this week's portfolio

Jul 29, 2026

$320M minted from nothing — the Wormhole bridge hack

How cross-chain bridges get drained, and why "wrapped" assets carry a hidden dependency

Jul 27, 2026

The mechanic that turns a 5% dip into a crash

Perpetuals, funding rates, and liquidation cascades — the machinery behind crypto's wildest moves

Jul 24, 2026

David's DeFi DeepDive: DAI Is Decentralized. Mostly.

How the PSM quietly made USDC the backbone of DeFi's oldest stablecoin — and what Maker did about it

Jul 22, 2026

The Protocol You Audited Can Still Be Drained. Here's How.

What admin keys are, why most DeFi users don't know they exist, and the 20-minute Etherscan audit that changes that