What happens when money becomes programmable and AI starts trading on its own? In this episode, we sit down with Michael Casey, journalist, author, and chairman & co-founder of the Advanced AI Society, to unpack why crypto isn’t about price charts — it’s about who controls data, money, and truth in the AI age. Michael has covered every major technological shift of the last 30 years, from newspapers to the internet, from Wall Street to crypto. He explains why blockchain is fundamentally a record-keeping revolution, why Web2 failed, and why AI forces finance to become programmable. We explore: Why crypto is really about record-keeping, not speculation Blockchain as a “truth & consensus machine” How Web2 destroyed journalism and centralized data Techno-feudalism, surveillance capitalism, and loss of free will Why tribalism is crypto’s biggest failure AI agents trading autonomously and why banks can’t handle it Programmable money, stablecoins, and tokenized finance Why DTCC, Nasdaq, and Wall Street are moving on-chain Crypto’s role in preventing AI-driven centralization