How the Argentine financial crisis influenced Casey’s crypto coverage

Michael Casey

Russell Sherman of “Press Profiles” interviewed CoinDesk chief content officer Michael Casey about his career.

Casey began covering cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and digital assets when he was at The Wall Street Journal.

“2013 is the moment I had this ‘a-ha’ moment,” said Casey.

Casey spent six years covering the Argentine financial crisis, which influenced his coverage of crypto. “It always comes down to institutions, and the connections between money and institutions,” said Casey. “The idea that this alternative of money run by an algorithm, so it was not beholden to this entity.”

He said it was hard to convince Journal editors of the importance of covering cryptocurrencies. He started writing about it on a Journal blog.

To listen, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.