Token Economy

Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin Mining Wastes Energy? What If That’s Good?

Long-term, the incentives bitcoin creates may drive efficiency and green energy solutions in the crypto world and even spur them in the wider economy.

Business  ·  9 January 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Has Gone Mainstream. That’s a Very Big Deal

While we're still a long way from mass adoption, this is a moment of global awareness and dialogue that is opening up a wide array of possibilities.

Tech  ·  13 December 2017
Bitcoin

To the Moon? Time to Grow Up, Bitcoin

The immaturity of bitcoin’s investing culture constrains progress toward attaining the technology’s fundamental social value, Michael J. Casey writes.

Markets  ·  28 November 2017
Bitcoin

I’m Really Into Blockchain. I Blockchain Everything!

Imagine saying “I’m interested in ledger.” Must we accept this increasingly ubiquitous usage of the word "blockchain" as an unavoidable fact of life?

Markets  ·  14 November 2017
Supply Chain

How Blockchains Will Turn Supply Chains Into Demand Chains

The value blockchains offer to supply-chain management will come once other technologies, such as 3D printing, disrupt global manufacturing networks.

Business  ·  3 November 2017
Facebook

Can Blockchain Save Us from the Internet’s Original Sin?

The digital behemoths – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple – have too much power over our digital lives. Can blockchain help us take back control?

Tech  ·  27 October 2017
IMF

Odd Bedfellows? Blockchain Developers Can Learn to Love the World Bank

Multilateral organizations have more in common with the crypto community than you might think, Michael J. Casey argues.

Markets  ·  19 October 2017
Investments

Why HODLing Is Hobbling Bitcoin’s Prospects as a Common Currency

Bitcoin’s appeal as an investment could diminish its effectiveness as a currency, and alternative models should be tested, writes Michael Casey.

Markets  ·  12 October 2017
Regulation

Where SAFT Falls Short

Limiting ICOs to accredited investors almost feels like a retreat from the goal of democratizing capital markets, columnist Michael J. Casey writes.

Markets  ·  4 October 2017
Regulation

It’s Political: Why China Hates Bitcoin and Loves the Blockchain

CoinDesk advisor Michael Casey explains China’s recent moves against bitcoin exchanges and ICOs in a wider geopolitical context.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 September 2017
ICOs

Tokens for Climate Change? How We Can Rise Above ICO Mania

Tokens for climate change? CoinDesk advisor Michael Casey argues it's a question worth taking seriously.

Business  ·  20 September 2017