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Exploring Davos With Grayscale’s CEO Michael Sonnenshein: The Battle for Bitcoin's Soul and the Impact of ETFs

The approval of Bitcoin ETFs has both legitimization and inclusion implications, but the impact on the market is still uncertain. Will a Grayscale ETF Approval Affect Bitcoin's Decentralization and Future Blockchain Technology?

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In this episode of "Money Reimagined," hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warrendiscuss their experience at Davos and their interview with Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale. They explore the recent approval of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) ETF and its impact on the market. They also delve into the intersection of AI and crypto, highlighting the potential for blockchain technology to address issues in AI such as bias and deep fakes. The hosts debate the implications of the ETF approval for Bitcoin's decentralization and the battle for its soul. They also touch on the challenges and potential outcomes of the upcoming Ethereum ETF applications.

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Grayscale's GBTC Has Moved More Than 100K BTC to Exchange Since Spot Bitcoin ETF Launch

Is Grayscale Takeover Bait Amid Bitcoin ETF Battle?

FTX Affiliate Alameda Research Drops Grayscale Lawsuit

World Economic Forum

Crypto Council for Innovation

Michael Sonnenshein | CEOI

Grayscale


Money Reimagined has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “The News Tonight ” by Shimmer.

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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