Money Reimagined
R3 Corda Helping Thailand’s Case for International Trade Dark Horse
Thailand’s crypto adoption is often overlooked, but one of its largest commercial banks has been leveraging permissioned blockchain Corda of R3 to digitize trade finance in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
What’s Next for Investing After Coinbase’s Historic Listing?
In this week’s “Money Reimagined” episode, Sheila Warren and Michael Casey take stock of the most significant development in the crypto space this year: Coinbase’s public listing on the Nasdaq exchange on April 14. Wall Street Journal reporter Paul Vigna and CoinDesk Managing Director of Research Noelle Acheson break down the action, the history of what brought us to this point from when Coinbase first launched in 2012, and what this means for the future – for Coinbase, for the crypto community, for Wall Street and Main Street.
Greensill’s Collapse and How Blockchains Are Changing Trade Finance
With trillions of dollars on the line, the system of global trade finance is a highly complex setup involving banks, insurers, shipping companies, data providers and all manner of intermediaries. On this week’s “Money Reimagined,” Sheila Warren and Michael Casey are joined by blockchain pioneers Tallyx CEO Aditya Menon and Skuchain co-founder Rebecca Liao trying to fix the trade finance industry’s many problems.
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.
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.
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.
Inside Bakong: How Cambodia Hopes to Leapfrog Into the Future With Digital Currency
In this week’s episode of “Money Reimagined,” Michael Casey and the World Economic Forum’s Sheila Warren explore what central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and the technology behind them can do for people at the grassroots level. Her Excellency Serey Chea, director general at National Bank of Cambodia, and Makoto Takemiya, co-CEO of Soramitsu provide a thought-provoking look at Cambodia’s new “bakong” central bank digital currency and payments system.
Funding Culture and Empowering Artists Through NFTs
This is the second part of CoinDesk’s “Money Reimagined” special series on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that are taking the art and entertainment industries by storm. Michael Casey and the World Economic Forum’s Sheila Warren look at real-world use cases where NFTs are poised to blow up centuries-old power dynamics. They’re joined by trailblazers in the exploding field of Black digital art: South African artist Lethabo Huma and NFT collector Cuy Sheffield, who also happens to be the head of crypto at Visa.
The Business of Art and How NFTs Will Change It
The nonfungible token (NFT) movement has engulfed the world of crypto collectibles. With big brands like Christie’s auction house and the National Basketball Association getting involved and some tokens already selling for six-figure sums, the question isn’t if NFTs will force a very old industry to adopt some very new practices, it’s when. On this episode of CoinDesk’s “Money Reimagined,” Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are joined by Nanne Dekking, CEO of Artory and formerly the top salesman at Sotheby’s, to discuss an art-changing renaissance that’s been long in the making.