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.

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Markets

Money Reimagined: The Coinbase Catalyst

CoinDesk's chief content officer on how Coinbase's listing next week could drive new investor interest in crypto startups and ideas.

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Videos

Facing Financial Crisis, Can Argentines Look to Bitcoin?

In this week’s edition of “Money Reimagined,” Michael Casey and Sheila Warren take a deep dive into Argentina’s uniquely dysfunctional economic experience. It’s no wonder that Argentina has a relatively high level of bitcoin adoption nor that it has contributed a disproportionately high number of successful developers to the global crypto community. Guests include Lucas Llach, a professor of economics at Torcuato di Tella University in Buenos Aires, and Santiago Siri, the founder of Democracy Earth, a radical, blockchain-based solution for democracy inspired by his struggles to reform government in his native Argentina.

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Finance

Money Reimagined: NFTs Can Learn From DeFi's Growth

Once the frenzy around NFTs subsides, the category will need new ways to grow. DeFi is one promising avenue, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

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What New Investors Don’t Understand About Bitcoin Mining and Renewable Energy

As big banks, publicly traded corporations and some of the biggest names in finance become increasingly bullish on bitcoin’s prospects, only a few objections really remain. These days on Wall Street it’s all about responsible investing as seen through the lens of “Environmental, Social and Governance,” better known as ESG.

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Policy

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin's Green Imperative

Despite its current environmental footprint, Bitcoin can play a part in creating a cleaner, more efficient energy system.

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Videos

What the Recent GameStop Saga Says About US Capitalism

On “Money Reimagined,” CoinDesk’s Michael J. Casey and the World Economic Forum’s Sheila Warren delve into a high-level discussion about what the recent GameStop/WallStreetBets drama means for the future of money and society with Demetri Kofinas, the host of the popular “Hidden Forces” podcast.

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