This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp , Nexo.io and KuCoin . For the last day for 2021 and the end of a two-week break for Money Reimagined, we’re serving up the second of two of our favorite episodes from the past year. Michael Casey’s pick was the episode from Sept. 15, not because that’s his birthday and not only because in that one he had the pleasure of meeting co-host Sheila Warren’s “chithi” (aunt), Dr. Usha Ramanathan. It was mainly because Ramanahan’s insights and those of...
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 59
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp , Nexo.io and KuCoin . This week and next we’re taking a year-end holiday from new episodes of “Money Reimagined.” Instead, we’re serving up a couple of our favorites from this year. This week’s pick was Sheila Warren’s: the Haiti episode from May 21. That’s when Sheila and co-host Michael Casey were joined by Jerry Tardieu, a Haitian author, entrepreneur and politician who represents Petion-ville in the Chamber of Deputies, and by Daniel...
Dec 24, 2021•57 min•Ep. 58
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp , Nexo.io and KuCoin . Joining “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and Matt Homer , who is the former executive deputy superintendent for research and innovation at the New York Department of Financial Services. The two walk through the expected crypto integrations coming to their cities and the anticipated challenges that come with introducing this new technology at the municipal level. MiamiCoin is the ...
Dec 17, 2021•28 min•Ep. 57
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp , Nexo.io and KuCoin . On this week’s “Money Reimagined” podcast, Michael Casey and Sheila Warren discuss with CoinDesk’s managing editor of global policy and regulation, Nikhilesh De, his recent review of another cryptocurrency-themed hearing on Capitol Hill by the House Financial Services Committee. “Today's hearing is part of this committee’s ongoing [effort]” to understand crypto and the issues around it.’ Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the committee c...
Dec 10, 2021•30 min•Ep. 56
This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp , Nexo.io and KuCoin . This week’s “Money Reimagined” podcast comes to you from Miami, where the annual Art Basel event spawned an explosion of sub-conferences and parties associated with non-fungible tokens (NFT). There, we ran into Pierina Merino , the founder of FlickPlay , an exciting new app that combines real-world, camera-captured imagery with digital artifacts so that users can create and place geo-located NFT collectibles. It’s best describe...
Dec 03, 2021•27 min•Ep. 55
With the advent of cryptocurrency and related technologies, and with the failure of the existing banking-centric monetary architecture to address inequities and avoid financial crises, the one thing people tend to agree on is that our system of money needs an overhaul, specifically an upgrade to meet the needs of the digital economy. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Nexo.io . But what form should it take? And who gets to decide? This week, “Money Reimagined” co-hosts Michael Cas...
Nov 19, 2021•45 min•Ep. 54
Why was the Philippines uniquely primed for the rapid and widespread adoption of Axie Infinity and other crypto opportunities? This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Nexo.io . Joining “Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren 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” docum...
Nov 12, 2021•41 min•Ep. 53
New York City was all about NFTs this week as the third edition of NFT.NYC , New York’s non-fungible token conference, took place. It went off with a bang! This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Nexo.io . The event has come far from its humble origins in 2019 and this year’s featured 600 speakers across three days and six venues throughout the city. Over the course of the event, 15 different NFT-themed billboards were featured in Times Square. In this episode of “Money Reimagined” She...
Nov 05, 2021•41 min•Ep. 52
Christopher Giancarlo is the former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and founding principal of the Digital Dollar Foundation, a group that supports the U.S. adopting a digital currency. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp . Giancarlo has written a book and he came on our “Money Reimagined” podcast recently to talk about it. The book is called “Crypto Dad,” which is a nod to the affectionate nickname that members of the crypto community started giving Chris when...
Oct 29, 2021•46 min•Ep. 51
We think it’s fitting that this, the 50th episode of “Money Reimagined,” is being published inside an historic week for the crypto community, when the launch of a futures-focused bitcoin exchange-traded fund helped drive the leading cryptocurrency to a new all-time-high just shy of $67,000. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp . It’s also fitting that at this moment in time – one that is truly looking like a “crypto moment,” defined not only by soaring bitcoin prices but also explosive intere...
Oct 22, 2021•46 min•Ep. 50
This week’s edition of “Money Reimagined” explores the ramifications of a startling shift in the rankings of the world’s top locations for bitcoin mining. The U.S. has leapt into first place and China, the world leader just a few months ago, now has essentially zero mining capacity following a regulatory crackdown there in June. Co-hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren talk to Justin Podhola , the CEO of Elite Mining , and George Kaloudis , who leads CoinDesk’s Bitcoin-focused research. Th...
Oct 15, 2021•43 min•Ep. 49
This week’s “Money Reimagined” episode is framed by some bombshell news developments that are adding fuel to a fire of mistrust in authority that’s been allowed to kindle into a raging threat to global financial institutions. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp . Hosts Sheila Warren and Michael Casey are joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael S. Derby and crypto entrepreneur Maya Zhehavi to discuss two sets of revelations that go to the heart of these problems and what they imp...
Oct 08, 2021•46 min•Ep. 48
It’s hard to believe it has been a year since Michael Casey and Sheila Warren launched the “Money Reimagined” podcast. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp And what a year it has been: some rich, probing discussions about the past and future of money, the challenges of regulation and blockchain governance, the battle for financial inclusion, the shifting geopolitical landscape, the anthropology of money and much, much more. All of that while the crypto market soared to a valuatio...
Oct 01, 2021•42 min•Ep. 47
Recent comments from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler have reignited the discussion of the future of crypto ETFs in the U.S. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Insider Protocol. In this week’s episode of “Money Reimagined,” hosts Sheila Warren and Michael Casey dive into the world of crypto ETFs and their rocky history with U.S. regulatory bodies. Fred Pye , CEO of 3iQ Corp., joins Warren and Casey to walk through 3iQ’s journey ...
Sep 24, 2021•32 min•Ep. 46
In the second of our “OG edition” episodes, “Money Reimagined” hosts Sheila Warren and Michael Casey sit down with legendary investor, startup mentor, prodigious networker, kite surfer and passionate conservationist Bill Tai. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Insider Protocol. And as an added bonus, he is joined by Danny Yang, the CEO and cofounder of NFTs-for-charity provider Nfinita, of which Tai is the chairman. According to its website, Nfinita is working to “make givi...
Sep 17, 2021•48 min•Ep. 45
The fight that crypto exchange Coinbase took to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week highlighted that the federal government’s approach to regulation is broken. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Insider Protocol. What can be done to improve the relationship between the crypto community and the powers in Washington, D.C.? Is a more comprehensive legislative approach to regulating the industry viable, one that properly protects consumers but also embraces the...
Sep 10, 2021•44 min•Ep. 44
Cryptocurrencies were once an obscure topic in Washington, something a lawmaker could comfortably ignore without worrying about the impact on their political prospects. Not anymore. This episode is sponsored by Quantstamp and Insider Protocol . In this week’s episode of Money Reimagined, co-hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren examine the small but growing political clout that the crypto industry is acquiring. The wealth the industry generates buys influence and drives the creation of pro...
Sep 03, 2021•35 min•Ep. 43
For this special inaugural “OG edition” of “Money Reimagined,” hosts Sheila Warren and Michael Casey sit down with crypto entrepreneur, investor and long-time cypherpunk Austin Hill . This episode is sponsored by Unique One Network . This is the first in an ad hoc series in which “crypto OGs,” people who’ve been working in the space for some time and have made significant contributions to it, discuss their origin stories, their experiences and their views of the industry’s future. Au...
Aug 27, 2021•58 min•Ep. 42
Blockchain technology has accelerated conversations around decentralization, anonymity, agency and empowerment around the world. On this week’s “Money Reimagined,” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are joined by two experts to discuss digital security and privacy, with a focus on India. This episode is sponsored by Unique One Network . Dr. Usha Ramanathan is a lawyer and human rights activist in India. She has worked since 2009 to critique and challenge India’s controversial digital id...
Aug 20, 2021•57 min•Ep. 41
This week on “Money Reimagined,” we reflect back on the “Nixon Shock” of Aug. 15, 1971 - 50 years ago this week – when the dollar was removed from its peg to gold and the world of finance was turned upside down. This episode is sponsored by Unique One Network . Eswar Prasad, an economics professor at Cornell University, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of a number of books on currencies and the international monetary system, joined Michael Casey and Sheila ...
Aug 13, 2021•46 min•Ep. 40
In this week’s episode, we go to Ireland. “Money Reimagined” co-hosts Sheila Warren and Michael J. Casey are joined by Michael O’Sullivan , the author of “ The Levelling ,” which describes the post-globalization era, and Lory Kehoe , director, Digital Assets & Blockchain at BNY Mellon and the founder of Blockchain Ireland . This episode is sponsored by Unique One Network . The topic, nominally, is the Biden Administration's proposal to harmonize international tax rates and Ireland’s re...
Aug 06, 2021•54 min•Ep. 38
You can think of this week’s episode as a nod to what crypto people call the “no coiners,” an effort to listen to the community’s critics and weigh the value of their analysis. This episode is sponsored by Unique One Network , Mimo and Quantstamp . To do so, “Money Reimagined” co-hosts Sheila Warren and Michael J. Casey are joined by Noelle Acheson, head of Market Insights at Genesis. (A trading company, Genesis is owned by CoinDesk parent Digital Currency Group.) The trio take a couple of crypt...
Jul 30, 2021•49 min•Ep. 37
Stablecoins are suddenly all over the news, with their explosive growth posing all sorts of questions for investors and regulators alike. This episode is sponsored by Unique One Network , Mimo and Quantstamp . To discuss, co-hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are joined this week by Caitlin Long , founder and CEO of Avanti, a Wyoming-based digital assets bank, and George Selgin , director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute. We start with a striki...
Jul 23, 2021•47 min•Ep. 36
As we mentioned last week, this is part two of our two-part series of “Blockchain meet ESG,” an exploration of the challenges and opportunities that confront the crypto and blockchain communities as investors and businesses increasingly demand compliance with environmental, sustainability and governance objectives. This episode was recorded live Tuesday, May 25 2021 at Consensus 2021. This episode is sponsored by Unique One Network , Mimo and Quantstamp . In this second episode, our guests addre...
Jul 09, 2021•50 min•Ep. 35
With Sheila out on vacation, we’re doing something different on the Money Reimagined podcast this week and next. We’re bringing you remastered versions of two one-hour CoinDesk TV shows we recorded during the Consensus virtual conference in late May. This episode is sponsored by Unique One Network , Mimo and Quantstamp . The theme for this two-part series was “Blockchain meet ESG,” an exploration of the challenges and opportunities that confront the crypto and blockchain communities as investors...
Jul 02, 2021•49 min•Ep. 34
With all the multiple, differing blockchain and tokens now live on the crypto universe, it’s hard not to worry the industry is recreating the same problems of the original internet. This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io . This week, co-hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are joined by Denelle Dixon , CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, and Peng Zhong , CEO of Tendermint . Developers will emphasize that their particular blockchain protocol is decentralized and devoid of gatekeeping i...
Jun 25, 2021•48 min•Ep. 33
As society moves increasingly online, so do the kinds of risks that businesses face. With cybercrime growing exponentially and businesses liabilities expanding as they accumulate giant honeypots of sensitive user data, this week’s Money Reimagined explores a new approach toward risk, one fueled by a blockchain mindset. An analysis of the state of cybercrime with the explosion in ransomware attacks The new mindset based on principles of openness and decentralization The case for resiliency and co...
Jun 18, 2021•49 min•Ep. 32
In the early days of blockchain technology, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) seemed like a far-out, unattainable idea. How could an organization, a company or a collective, ever manage itself without anyone in charge? This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io . Then came the launch of The DAO , an Ethereum-based investment vehicle that subsequently collapsed due to a devastating hack, which in appropriating the acronym gave it a dirty name. It seemed real, functioning DAOs would...
Jun 11, 2021•49 min•Ep. 31
DeFi, as the world of decentralized finance is known, is growing up. This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io . Venture money is being dedicated to the space, decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity protocols are being upgraded to add flexibility, and so-called layer 2 solutions are being deployed to help scale this vibrant new, ever-evolving decentralized financial system while preserving decentralization. The community has also just successfully gone through a stress test in the form of a ...
Jun 04, 2021•56 min•Ep. 30
Central bank digital currencies have evolved from a loosely formed concept to tangible, real-live projects and an array of models have emerged. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io and The Sun Exchange . Michael Casey and Sheila Warren host a live CBDC edition of their “Money Reimagined” podcast at Consensus 2021. In this program, they discuss the further development and future direction of CBDCs with Christian Catalini, the chief economist of the Diem Association, and Benedicte N...
May 28, 2021•38 min•Ep. 29
