CoinDesk’s Money Reimagined

Chair Genslers' Obsession With Calling Tokens Securities and the Future of AI Governance

The comprehensive complaint against Binance and CZ differs significantly from the lawsuit against Coinbase. And do we trust tech more than people?

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This episode is sponsored by EY.

The process of rule-making to determine a ‘Security’ is an unsettled issue that may need to be resolved in court. And separately, why the rise of AI, requires effective governance.

On this episode of “Money Reimagined,” Michael Casey and Sheila Warren first, examine the latest regulatory news concerning the SEC's suit against both Binance and Coinbase, as well as the implications for the crypto industry and all government agencies. They are then joined by Kurt Hemecker; COO of the Mina Foundation, the public benefit corporation serving the Mina Protocol, to discuss a different area of regulation; artificial intelligence governance.

Topic Links:

SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Binance, CEO Changpeng Zhao Over Multiple Securities Violation Allegations

SEC Sues Coinbase on Unregistered Securities Exchange Allegations

U.S. Doesn't 'Need More Digital Currency' Because It Has the Dollar, Says SEC's Gensler

What AI Governance Can Learn From Crypto’s Decentralization Ethos


Summary List:

The suit against Coinbase is different from other cases.

Comprehensive complaint against Binance.

How the industry is reacting to this complaint.

Introduction to Mina Foundation and the MINA protocol.

Mina, a layer one blockchain using zero-knowledge technology.

The rise of AI and the importance of governance.

Ethics and bias in voting- AI.

Are we seeing a deep fake on Twitter?

Proving humaneness on the blockchain.


Money Reimagined has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “AITA” by Neon Beach.

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HOSTS

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