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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Think Tanks, the First Call for Policy Teams Looking for Crypto Data

Think tanks have recently been called upon to provide data points for crypto to support informed policy decision-making. On this episode of “Money Reimagined,” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren speak with Josh Lipsky, the senior director of the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center, and John Soroushian, the senior associate director for technology at the Bipartisan Policy Center, to discuss the big focus areas for crypto research agendas over the next year and predictions for the upcoming congressional session.

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Building a Blockchain Project in the Midst of This Crypto Winter

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has indicated hiking interest rates will continue for some time, making it clear that our present crypto winter is here to stay. “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren talk to NEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament about expanding its ecosystem of developers during the current climate and what it means for the future of regulation.

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The Regulatory Web of Crypto

The web of regulations that entangle the financial sector has been a guidepost for governors to apply to the crypto industry. But for many in the community, those same rules aren’t applicable to crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi) without considerable changes. “Money Reimagined” host Sheila Warren examines alternative frameworks for regulation and banking with Jai Massari, co-founder and chief legal officer of Lightspark, and Alexandra Steinberg Barrage, partner at Davis Wright Tremaine.

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What it Means to Be Pseudonymous and How One Engages With the Crypto World

For many in the crypto community, the practice of pseudonymity for security and privacy is common. For an interesting analysis of how pseudonymity affects how we interact with people, “Money Reimagined,” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren speak with guest Punk 6529. The identity and voice of the person behind this pseudonym will not be disclosed, and therefore, both the video and audio have been modulated.

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Will Regulation Go Too Far in the Wake of Crypto Winter?

Until this year’s massive correction in token prices, industry leaders could argue less regulation on cryptocurrency would allow more innovation. However, recent losses have ultimately led to a balance in favor of regulators. This week, Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-based smart contract program that mixes ether payments to hide users’ tracks, was added to the U.S. OFAC SDN list, prohibiting Americans from using the platform. Money Reimagined host Michael Casey speaks to Tonya Evans, professor at Penn State Dickinson Law, about how crypto winter has complicated the outlook for regulation.

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