Latest from Michael J. Casey
Communing With the Metaverse
This episode of “Money Reimagined” comes to you from Miami, where the annual Art Basel event spawned an explosion of sub-conferences associated with non-fungible tokens (NFT). Co-hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren interviewed Pierina Merino, the founder of FlickPlay, an app that combines real-world, camera-captured imagery with digital artifacts so users can create and place geo-located NFT collectibles. It’s best described as a merging of Pokémon GO with TikTok and NFTs.
Miami’s Multiple Money Visions
This week’s big NFT event showed an innovation moment in full swing (even if many of the ideas on show are unlikely to make it).
5 Reasons for Crypto to Be Thankful
CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer picks out five big trends to be pleased about.
New Money and Contemporary Capitalism With Brett King and Patrick Murck
With the advent of cryptocurrency and related technologies, and the failure of the existing monetary architecture to address inequities and avoid financial crises, one thing people tend to agree on is that our system of money needs an overhaul. But what form should it take? And who gets to decide? Joining Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are Brett King, author of six books and the founder of payment app Moven, and Patrick Murck, a research affiliate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and president and chief legal officer of startup Transparent Financial Systems.
Why Barbados’ Metaverse Embassy Matters
Some say it’s a gimmick for the island nation to buy a plot of land in Decentraland. But they’re not thinking big enough, says CoinDesk’s chief content officer. The metaverse has plenty of promise for governments.
Why Axie Infinity Caught Fire in the Philippines
Why was the Philippines uniquely primed for the rapid and widespread adoption of Axie Infinity and other crypto opportunities? Joining Michael Casey and Sheila Warren for this episode are Maoi Arroyo, serial entrepreneur and founder of Ignite Impact Fund, the first fund focused on eradicating income and access poverty in the Philippines, and Leah Callon-Butler, director of Emfarsis and screenwriter of the recent “Play to Earn” documentary.
Off the Charts: Supply Chain Angst
Is inflation in the U.S. the product of monetary policy or supply chain problems?
