Michael J. Casey

Chief Content Officer

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.

Latest from Michael J. Casey

Podcasts

Diversity and Inclusion Shouldn’t Just Be Buzzwords

Apr 29, 2022

Money Reimagined Digital Money Stage at Consensus 2022

Videos

Fixing Crypto’s Diversity Problem

“Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren sit down with Blockchain Foundation Executive Director Cleve Mesidor and Cornell Univ. Executive Director of Fintech Susan Joseph to discuss the lack of diversity in the crypto industry, why this is still a problem and what can be done about it. The panel explores Black and Latino interest in crypto and blockchain projects, mistakes made in the development of Web 2 infrastructure and efforts underway to attract more people to the industry.

Apr 29, 2022

Podcasts

How Does Washington See Crypto?

Apr 22, 2022

Videos

Lobbying Efforts in Washington: One Group’s Concerns and Approach

Money Reimagined co-host Sheila Warren, who recently left the World Economic Forum to become CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, gives an inside view of the council’s challenges and work as it seeks to educate and persuade lawmakers and policymakers about the benefits of crypto and blockchain innovation. Joining Sheila are former U.S. Senator from Colorado Cory Gardner, currently the Council’s chief political affairs strategist, and Niki Christoff, founder and CEO of Christoff & Co.

Apr 22, 2022

Videos

Rethinking Securities Law in a Crypto Age

“Money Reimagined” hosts Sheila Warren and Michael Casey are joined by securities law expert Chris Brummer of Georgetown Law School. They discuss the limits of outdated U.S. securities law and the required rethinking needed for oversight and regulation of the crypto industry. Brummer also shares his ideas for a new disclosure framework for crypto markets.

Apr 15, 2022

Opinion