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

Policy

‘Only the Little People Pay Taxes.’ The Pandora Papers and the Case for Crypto

Offshore revelations sap faith in centralized power and show why trustless systems are needed.

Oct 8, 2021

Policy

« Seuls les petits gens paient des impôts. » Les Pandora Papers et les arguments en faveur de la Crypto

Les révélations offshore sapent la confiance dans le pouvoir centralisé et montrent pourquoi des systèmes sans confiance sont nécessaires.

Oct 8, 2021

Policy

'Só os pequenos pagam impostos.' Os Pandora Papers e o caso da Cripto

As revelações offshore minam a fé no poder centralizado e mostram por que são necessários sistemas sem confiança.

Oct 8, 2021

Policy

"Solo i piccoli pagano le tasse." I Pandora Papers e il caso delle Cripto

Le rivelazioni offshore minano la fiducia nel potere centralizzato e mostrano perché sono necessari sistemi trustless.

Oct 8, 2021

Policy

«Тільки маленькі люди платять податки». Документи Пандори та аргументація Крипто

Офшорні викриття підривають віру в централізовану владу та показують, чому потрібні ненадійні системи.

Oct 8, 2021

Policy

'Ang Maliit na Tao Lamang ang Nagbabayad ng Buwis.' Ang Pandora Papers at ang Kaso para sa Crypto

Ang mga paghahayag sa malayo sa pampang ay nagpapahina ng pananampalataya sa sentralisadong kapangyarihan at nagpapakita kung bakit kailangan ang mga walang tiwala na sistema.

Oct 8, 2021

Policy

«Только маленькие люди платят налоги». Документы Пандоры и аргументы в пользу Крипта

Офшорные разоблачения подрывают веру в централизованную власть и показывают, почему необходимы системы, не требующие доверия.

Oct 8, 2021

Videos

A Year in Retrospect: From a DeFi Summer to the Explosive Growth of Bitcoin

In this special edition of “Money Reimagined,” co-hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren observe the first anniversary of their podcast by bringing back two memorable guests from last December: Raoul Pal, CEO and founder of Real Vision, and Jill Carlson, founder of the Open Money Initiative. Bitcoin as a speculative asset or bitcoin as a tool for the poor was one of the hot topics under debate at that time. Which was the most important development in crypto over the past year? Would El Salvador be better served by stablecoins rather than its Bitcoin law? The guests discuss these questions. Plus, the explosive growth of bitcoin and Ethereum, stablecoins, DeFi, NFTs, and more.

Oct 4, 2021

Podcasts

From a DeFi Summer to the Explosive Growth of Bitcoin: A Year in Retrospect

Oct 1, 2021

Money Reimagined Digital Money Stage at Consensus 2022

Policy

Introducing the Decentralized Money Stack

To see the future of money, you need to look to the past, says CoinDesk’s chief content officer.

Oct 1, 2021