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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Money Reimagined: Bitcoin's Green Savior?

El Salvador's move to make bitcoin legal tender offers an opportunity to prove that cryptocurrency can power renewable energy development, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

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Man and the Machine: DeFi’s Regulation Dilemma

DeFi, as the world of decentralized finance is known, is growing up. With venture capital pouring into the space to help it upgrade and scale, in this week’s episode of “Money Reimagined,” Sheila Warren and Michael Casey take a deep dive into where this strange new world of finance goes from here. Guests include Rebecca Rettig, general counsel of Aave, and Marc Boiron, general counsel at decentralized exchange dYdX.

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Money Reimagined: The Power of Community

Bitcoin's big Florida meetup and CoinDesk's own $DESK project demonstrate a crypto truth: Community precedes technology when creating money.

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Can Bitcoin Go Green? The Role of Supply Chains in Sustainable Development, Solutions to Advance Global Equity

This is an encore presentation of “Money Reimagined” focused on ESG which first aired during Consensus 2021. CoinDesk’s Michael Casey and World Economic Forum’s Sheila Warren talk to thought leaders and industry experts about bitcoin’s carbon footprint, solutions for sustainable development, and technology to advance global equity and help the poor. Special guests include Emerge’s Founder and CEO Lucia Gallardo and UWINCorp Founder and CEO Julius Akinyemi.

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Money Reimagined: Crypto Winter Again? Time to Regroup

With bitcoin's environmental issues affecting its price and adoption, the community needs to reach across boundaries to develop sustainable solutions, says CoinDesk's chief content officer.

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What’s Next for CBDCs?

Diem co-founder Christian Catalini and Benedicte Nolens from the Bank for International Settlements join the “Money Reimagined” team to discuss the state of CBDCs.

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Can Bitcoin Go Green? The Role of Supply Chains in Sustainable Development, Solutions to Advance Global Equity

In this second part of two special editions of “Money Reimagined” focused on ESG, CoinDesk’s Michael Casey and World Economic Forum’s Sheila Warren talk to thought leaders and industry experts about bitcoin’s carbon footprint, solutions for sustainable development, and technology to advance global equity and help the poor. Special guests include Emerge’s Founder and CEO Lucia Gallardo and UWINCorp Founder and CEO Julius Akinyemi.

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Crypto, Climate Change and the ESG Debate: Kevin O’Leary, Massamba Thioye, Martin Wainstein Tackle the Issues and More

In this first of two special editions of “Money Reimagined” focused on ESG, CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer Michael Casey and World Economic Forum Head of Blockchain and Data, Sheila Warren, speak to business and sustainability leaders about crypto, its impact on the environment, and potential role in addressing climate change. Special guests include Kevin O’Leary and Mark McDivitt of Context Labs and the former global head of ESG at State Street. Topics include what Wall Street investors want to see and how a decentralized planetary carbon ledger may be just what the world needs when it comes to accountability and transparency in reaching sustainability goals.

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