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.

Michael J. Casey

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Opinion

No, DeFi Is Not a Repeat of the 2008 Crisis

Decentralized finance does not equal shadow banking and "too big to fail."

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

No, DeFi no es una repetición de la crisis de 2008

Las Finanzas descentralizadas no equivalen a la banca en la sombra y a ser "demasiado grandes para quebrar".

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Ні, DeFi не є повторенням кризи 2008 року

Децентралізоване Фінанси не дорівнює тіньовому банку та «занадто великому, щоб збанкрутувати».

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Não, DeFi não é uma repetição da crise de 2008

Finanças descentralizadas não significam sistema bancário paralelo e “grande demais para falir”.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Non, DeFi n'est pas une répétition de la crise de 2008

La Finance décentralisée n’est pas synonyme de système bancaire parallèle et de « trop grande pour faire faillite ».

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

No, la DeFi non è una ripetizione della crisi del 2008

La Finanza decentralizzata non è sinonimo di sistema bancario ombra e di “troppo grande per fallire”.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Videos

Elliptic CEO on Blockchain Analytics, Transparency and Privacy

“Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are joined by Simone Maini, CEO of blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The group discusses the challenge of balancing transparency and privacy in blockchains, whether Russia is using cryptocurrencies for sanctions evasion, the implications of know-your-customer (KYC) practices, and the recently proposed “ECASH” bill as governments explore central bank digital currencies.

Money Reimagined

Opinion

NFT Punks With the FU Money

Michael Casey visits NFT.LA and finds permissionless innovation in the capital of storytelling.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)