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Michael Casey: Bitcoin Is a Warning for Central Banks

Another week, another lifetime lived:  The U.S. President impeached, again. Worldwide COVID-19 deaths close in on 2 million. Bitcoin surges to a record high above $42,000, promptly plunges to almost below $30,000 and then begins a late-week rally above $36,000.Meanwhile, the crypto community has been grappling with some contentious regulatory proposals

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Morgan Stanley now holds 10% stake in Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy

Per a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission released on Jan. 8, investment bank Morgan Stanley had acquired 792,627 shares in business intelligence firm MicroStrategy. The investment represents a 10.9% stake in a firm that has made massive investments in Bitcoin over the past several months. The purchase apparently happened on

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Michael Ou: The Global Challenge of Regulating Virtual Assets

The convergence of traditional finance and cryptocurrencies was more profound than ever this year. From the maturation of crypto-first digital commerce to MicroStrategy’s big bitcoin buy, it was a year of rampant technological adoption. With the professionalization of the crypto industry came regulatory challenges. Evolving sectors such as decentralized finance (DeFi)

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Michael Casey: Bitcoin’s Tug of War as Wall Street Moves In

A tug of war over Bitcoin’s future is becoming more ferocious. This battle, pitting corporate interests seeking to profit from the Bitcoin system’s disruptive potential against an anti-corporatist dream for a human-first financial system that bypasses institutional middlemen, has been in play for some time. But with bitcoin’s latest price rally,

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