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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Opinion

From Pariah to Partner: Crypto's Climate Answers

There are signs that policymakers are beginning to recognize crypto's potential for balancing the grid and reducing greenhouse gas impacts.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Videos

Africa: A Battleground in the Future of Money

“Money Reimagined” takes a look at Africa’s burgeoning role in the future of finance. Hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren speak with Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO of African fintech firm AZA Finance. The company just announced its partnership with the powerhouse exchange FTX to help accelerate Africa’s integration into the Web 3 economy. As we learn in this episode, the African crypto industry is growing fast along with its population of eager adopters.

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Videos

Washington’s Relationship With Crypto: Where Is it Headed?

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., joins “Money Reimagined” with Sheila Warren and Michael Casey to reflect on the impact of the infrastructure bill, explain the difficulties of applying regulation to an evolving technology and take a look at where policy on stablecoins and token investing might be headed.

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Opinion

If Ever There Were a Time for Financial Freedom, It’s Now

With Ukraine raising money online and Russia shut out of the financial system, crypto's liberty proposition was put to the test.

(Ismail Ferdous/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Videos

Transparency and Security Versus Financial Freedom

The ease with which crypto account holders around the world have been able to send donations to Ukraine this week — amounting to over $51 million as of Thursday — has led to both amazement and concern over the power that crypto puts in anyone’s hands. For the first time, people are able to send money directly, within minutes, to a country’s government to help it fight a war. Does easy access to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies also make it possible for Russia to get around the traditional financial system for the purpose of evading sanctions? “Money Reimagined” dives into this discussion with Jonathan Levin of Chainalysis, a data analytics firm that leverages the transparency of the blockchain to track the movement of crypto funds.

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Videos

Taxes Versus Privacy in Crypto: Old Rules, Modern Technology

With NFT purchases and other crypto transactions leading to nasty surprises this tax season, “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren sit down with two guests to discuss current tax dilemmas and why some existing rules aren’t a good fit for crypto. They also consider the impact blockchain technology may have on tax collecting and reporting in the future. Joining the show are David Kemmerer of CoinLedger and Dan Jeffries, author, futurist, systems architect.

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