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

Opinion

5 Money Themes to Watch in 2022

Michael Casey previews how money could be reimagined in the coming year.

Dec 31, 2021

Podcasts

A ‘Best of’ Holiday Special of 2021: India’s Digital Identity System

Dec 31, 2021

Money Reimagined Digital Money Stage at Consensus 2022

Videos

A ‘Best of 2021′ Holiday Special: Haiti’s Transition Into Modern Finance

This week and next “Money Reimagined” revisits favorite episodes from 2021. This week’s pick was Sheila Warren’s: the May 21 episode on Haiti featuring guests Jerry Tardieu, a Haitian author, entrepreneur and politician representing Petion-Ville in the Chamber of Deputies, and Daniele Jean-Pierre, the co-founder and chief operating officer of Zimbali networks. The pair reviewed Haiti’s history to show how a shameful, century-long legacy of a slavery-era debt continues to be a burden for the country. The discussion then turned to what solutions might exist to create a system that empowers people rather than leaves them dependent on charity and foreign aid. It’s the kind of episode that reminds us why the ideas behind crypto and blockchain matter.

Dec 27, 2021