Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Casey is CoinDesk's chief content officer. 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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Transparency and Security Versus Financial Freedom
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 b...
Transparency and Security Versus Financial Freedom
Taxes Versus Privacy in Crypto: Old Rules, Modern Technology
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...
Taxes Versus Privacy in Crypto: Old Rules, Modern Technology
NFTs: Boom, Bust or Balance Out in 2022?
NFTs: Boom, Bust or Balance Out in 2022?
“Money Reimagined” hosts Sheila Warren and Michael Casey sit down with two individuals well versed in NFTs: the NFT analyst and cohost of “Edge of NFTs” podcast Eathan Janney;...
NFTs: Boom, Bust or Balance Out in 2022?
Crypto’s True Value: Social Good, Featuring Bitcoin OG Francesco Rulli
Crypto’s True Value: Social Good, Featuring Bitcoin OG Francesco Rulli
Will NFTs develop as a force for good? Joining “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren is crypto OG Francesco Rulli. Rulli’s career history ranges from foundi...
Crypto’s True Value: Social Good, Featuring Bitcoin OG Francesco Rulli
Layer Zero, Web 3: Gavin Wood on Polkadot and the Future of the Internet
Layer Zero, Web 3: Gavin Wood on Polkadot and the Future of the Internet
“Web 3” is not just a buzzword, it is an increasingly important step in the evolution of the internet. That, according to Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot and the Web3 Foundati...
Layer Zero, Web 3: Gavin Wood on Polkadot and the Future of the Internet
Privacy, Security and Connectivity: Can We Have It All?
Privacy, Security and Connectivity: Can We Have It All?
As part of CoinDesk’s Privacy Week, “Money Reimagined” takes a deep dive into the ideals, tools and future of privacy and crypto, addressing all facets of privacy in Web 3. Jo...
Privacy, Security and Connectivity: Can We Have It All?
NYT’s Kevin Roose on Web 3, NFTs, the Metaverse and the Media
NYT’s Kevin Roose on Web 3, NFTs, the Metaverse and the Media
Web 3, the metaverse and NFTs have the potential to be a force for good in the world, improve decentralization, raise underrepresented voices and empower creators. But with a...
NYT’s Kevin Roose on Web 3, NFTs, the Metaverse and the Media
The Complexities of Blockchain in Global Aid Efforts
The Complexities of Blockchain in Global Aid Efforts
In this episode, co-hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren sit down with Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Chief Executive Sara Pantulian and Mastercard Humanitarian and Dev...
The Complexities of Blockchain in Global Aid Efforts
Crypto in Congress 2022: A Democratic Representative’s Perspective on the State of Crypto Legislation
Crypto in Congress 2022: A Democratic Representative’s Perspective on the State of Crypto Legislation
Cryptocurrency has emerged as a topic around which U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle can create coalitions with aligned interests even though they may disagree on ot...
Crypto in Congress 2022: A Democratic Representative’s Perspective on the State of Crypto Legislation
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CoinDesk's Money Reimagined
Join CoinDesk’s Michael Casey and Sheila Warren of the World Economic Forum as they explore the connections between finance, human culture and our increasingly digital lives.
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