Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Casey is Chairman of The Decentralized AI Society, former Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk and co-author of Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age. Previously, Casey was the CEO of Streambed Media, a company he cofounded to develop provenance data for digital content. He was also a senior advisor at MIT Media Labs's Digital Currency Initiative and a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to joining MIT, Casey spent 18 years at The Wall Street Journal, where his last position was as a senior columnist covering global economic affairs.

Casey has authored five books, including "The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money are Challenging the Global Economic Order" and "The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything," both co-authored with Paul Vigna.

Upon joining CoinDesk full time, Casey resigned from a variety of paid advisory positions. He maintains unpaid posts as an advisor to not-for-profit organizations, including MIT Media Lab's Digital Currency Initiative and The Deep Trust Alliance. He is a shareholder and non-executive chairman of Streambed Media.

Casey owns bitcoin.

Michael J. Casey

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Policy

5 Reasons for Crypto to Be Thankful

CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer picks out five big trends to be pleased about.

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Videos

New Money and Contemporary Capitalism With Brett King and Patrick Murck

With the advent of cryptocurrency and related technologies, and the failure of the existing monetary architecture to address inequities and avoid financial crises, one thing people tend to agree on is that our system of money needs an overhaul. But what form should it take? And who gets to decide? Joining Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are Brett King, author of six books and the founder of payment app Moven, and Patrick Murck, a research affiliate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and president and chief legal officer of startup Transparent Financial Systems.

Money Reimagined

Policy

Why Barbados’ Metaverse Embassy Matters

Some say it’s a gimmick for the island nation to buy a plot of land in Decentraland. But they’re not thinking big enough, says CoinDesk’s chief content officer. The metaverse has plenty of promise for governments.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Videos

Why Axie Infinity Caught Fire in the Philippines

Why was the Philippines uniquely primed for the rapid and widespread adoption of Axie Infinity and other crypto opportunities? Joining Michael Casey and Sheila Warren for this episode are Maoi Arroyo, serial entrepreneur and founder of Ignite Impact Fund, the first fund focused on eradicating income and access poverty in the Philippines, and Leah Callon-Butler, director of Emfarsis and screenwriter of the recent “Play to Earn” documentary.

Money Reimagined

Policy

Off the Charts: Supply Chain Angst

Is inflation in the U.S. the product of monetary policy or supply chain problems?

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Policy

How Crypto Becomes Money

A new theory for a universal digital barter system.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Videos

NFTs: Tools for Art, Advocacy and Activism

In this episode of “Money Reimagined,” Sheila Warren and Michael Casey figure out what to make of the overwhelming display of innovation, creativity, and speculative fervor unleashed last week with NFT.NYC, New York’s non-fungible token conference. Joined by Sam Ewen, the head of CoinDesk Studios, they explore the greater phenomenon of NFTs, why it is sweeping through society, and what it offers.

Money Reimagined