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

Hardliners Stymie Online Identity Innovation

Lack of middle ground between blind crypto idealists and blinkered monetary regulators hampers self-sovereign, privacy-enhanced identity solutions.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Los intransigentes obstaculizan la innovación en la identidad online

La falta de un punto medio entre los ciegos idealistas Cripto y los reguladores monetarios ciegos obstaculiza las soluciones de identidad autosoberanas y mejoradas en la privacidad.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Les partisans de la ligne dure bloquent l’innovation en matière d’identité en ligne

L’absence de terrain d’entente entre les idéalistes aveugles de la Crypto et les régulateurs monétaires aveugles entrave les solutions d’identité autosouveraines et renforcées par la confidentialité.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

I sostenitori della linea dura ostacolano l'innovazione dell'identità online

La mancanza di una via di mezzo tra gli idealisti ciechi Cripto e i regolatori monetari con i paraocchi ostacola le soluzioni di identità auto-sovrane e tutelate dalla privacy.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Сторонники жесткой линии блокируют инновации в области онлайн-идентичности

Отсутствие золотой середины между слепыми Криптo идеалистами и зашоренными монетарными регуляторами препятствует самостоятельным решениям в области идентификации с повышенным уровнем конфиденциальности.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Hardliners Stymie Online Identity Innovation

Відсутність золотої середини між сліпими Крипто та затьмареними монетарними регуляторами перешкоджає самосуверенним рішенням ідентифікації з підвищеною конфіденційністю.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Hardliners impedem inovação de identidade on-line

A falta de meio-termo entre os idealistas cegos da Cripto e os reguladores monetários cegos dificulta soluções de identidade autossoberanas e com privacidade aprimorada.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Hardliners Stymie Online Identity Innovation

Ang kawalan ng middle ground sa pagitan ng mga blind Crypto idealist at blinkered monetary regulators ay humahadlang sa self-sovereign, privacy-enhanced identity solutions.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Ugly Bargains Between Banks and Regulators Are Rearing Their Head Again

The "know your customer" and anti-money laundering system imposes constraints on financial access and inhibits liberty and privacy, even though the original security intent was reasonable.

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