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Money Reimagined: Your Data, Our Humanity

Michael J. CaseyDec 18, 2020

At stake as we debate the data-monopolizing power of the internet’s biggest companies: the future of what it means to be human.

Opinion

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Tug of War as Wall Street Moves In

Michael J. CaseyDec 11, 2020

As Wall Street buys bitcoin, crypto faces a fight for its soul. On the one side is mainstream acceptance. On the other: its cypherpunk roots.

Opinion

Money Reimagined: Bitcoin vs. Gold Is a Battle of Narratives

Michael J. CaseyDec 4, 2020

The success of a store-of-value asset, like bitcoin or gold, isn't just a matter of durability, fungibility or scarcity. It's about whether people believe in it.

Opinion

Bitcoin Is the Biggest Big Short

Michael J. CaseyNov 20, 2020

Short-sellers help identify weaknesses in capital markets. Bitcoin helps us see what's wrong with the financial system.

Opinion

Money Reimagined: The US’ Kodak Moment

Michael J. CaseyNov 13, 2020

China's moves on digital currency have potential to rock the global economy. The U.S. risks getting left behind, like Kodak.

Opinion

Money Reimagined: Crypto-Informed Ideas for the Future of Government

Michael J. CaseyNov 6, 2020

The latest column from CoinDesk's chief content officer features big ideas for rethinking government in the internet age.

Opinion

Money Reimagined: Who Are the Real Monsters?

Michael J. CaseyMarc HochsteinOct 30, 2020

Next to the frightening creatures of the legacy financial system, bitcoin is the normal, wholesome outlier, like the niece from TV’s “The Munsters.”

Opinion

Money Reimagined: ‘They Starve’: The Ugly Side of the US’ KYC-AML Obsession

Michael J. CaseyOct 23, 2020

Laws like the Bank Secrecy Act, which turns 50 this week, have helped stop money laundering and terrorism. But KYC and AML requirements have served to harm the world's neediest through higher costs and reduced services.