Michael Casey

Michael Casey is a senior advisor at MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, where his research explores the potential for blockchain technology to advance economic inclusion and improve energy efficiency. He is also a senior lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Chairman of CoinDesk’s Advisory Board, and a founding member of the Global Blockchain Business Council. A former Wall Street Journal columnist, Casey is a frequent public speaker, a regular media commentator and the author of five books, the latest of which is The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything, co-written with Paul Vigna.