CoinDesk welcomes veteran WSJ reporter Michael Casey as Chairman of Advisory Board

CoinDesk, a leading media company focusing on digital currency and blockchain technology, has announced that Michael J. Casey, an 18-year veteran of the Wall Street Journal, is joining the company as Chairman of its Advisory Board.

Casey is a globally renowned co-author of The Age of Cryptocurrency, and Senior Advisor at the MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative. He will assemble a board of advisors from top leaders and influencers in business, technology, and policy and will help shape and enhance the programming of CoinDesk’s Consensus conference.

In addition, Casey will publish a weekly column called The Token Economy and advise on CoinDesk’s broad strategy to sustain and advance its role as the trusted information leader for this rapidly growing industry.

“It's a privilege to join CoinDesk, the most respected and widely regarded media, events, and information services outlet in the fastest growing industry of our generation. Blockchain technology is a platform for the global economy of the future, but its optimal development depends, among other things, on a trusted media playing a checking role. I see CoinDesk, a clear leader in this field, playing that role through in-depth analysis, investigative reporting, and objective chronicling of the rising token economy. Together with an extraordinary team already assembled at CoinDesk, I am excited about lifting the world’s largest annual summit for blockchain technology, Consensus, to even greater heights,” Chairman of the Advisory Board Michael Casey said.

Now in its fourth year, Consensus is the world’s leading blockchain summit, bringing together thousands of attendees and more than 250 elite speakers within the blockchain and digital currency economy. Under Casey’s leadership, the board will work to ensure that Consensus programming connects and drives innovation across financial institutions, enterprise tech leaders, academic, and policy groups. Functioning as a North Star to this actively expanding community, it will help assist with core principles and content of the conference so that it serves as broad a range of global blockchain stakeholders as possible.

“Michael has been at the forefront of blockchain and digital currencies for several years now and will bring tremendous expertise to CoinDesk. We have seen rapid growth in the evolution of blockchain technology and in CoinDesk’s digital and event operations. We look forward to collaborating with Michael on the company’s next phase of growth,” CEO of CoinDesk Kevin Worth said.

Casey will begin his weekly column for CoinDesk, The Token Economy, today.

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