Crypto Critics' Corner Creators & Guests

Orson Newstat is a writer and journalist who writes about the cryptocurrency ecosystem, focusing on fraud and dishonesty. Until his identity was made public in 2022, Newstat wrote under the pseudonym "Cas Piancey" to protect himself from retaliation.In addition to reporting on cryptocurrency, Newstat co-hosts the podcast "Crypto Critics' Corner."

Zeke Faux is a reporter at Bloomberg News.

David Gerard writes frequently about cryptocurrency and blockchain. He is the author of the 2017 book Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts and the 2020 book Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money.As well as being a crypto journalist, David also works as a Unix system administrator, where his job includes keeping track of exciting new technologies, and advising against the bad ones. He has also been an award-winning music journalist, and has blogged about music since 2001. He is a volunteer spokesman for Wikipedia, and for skeptical wiki RationalWiki. Originally from Australia, he lives in east London with his spouse Arkady Rose and their daughter.