Benjamin Schiller

Benjamin Schiller is CoinDesk's managing editor for features and opinion. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at BREAKER Magazine and a staff writer at Fast Company. He holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Johnny Ng: Hong Kong’s Web3 Politician

The legislator has become a key proponent for crypto in Hong Kong, as well as an advocate for the victims of crypto scams.

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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Richard Teng: The Ex-Regulator Stabilizing Binance

Under Teng’s leadership, Binance has majorly boosted its compliance spending in an effort to stay on the right side of global regulations.

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Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Aptos' Avery Ching: Building Bridges to TradFi

The layer-1 blockchain, a descendant of Facebook's Libra/Diem project, attracted the likes of Stripe, Franklin Templeton and Blackrock in 2024.

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Tech

Ansem: The Memecoin King

He trades. He tweets. He fights. He’s the consummate crypto trader-influencer. Danny Nelson spent a day with Ansem as he prepared to meet Bitboy.

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Tech

The Truth Terminal: AI-Crypto’s Weird Future

Andy Ayrey’s AI chatbot showed how decentralized AI can make crypto, build community and even turn stories into reality.

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Finance

Tether’s Paolo Ardoino: Building Beyond USDT

Tether continued to rake in billions from its leading stablecoin. But, this year, it also invested more widely, in payments, telecoms, AI and bitcoin mining.

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Coindesk News

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2024

The 10th edition of our annual list reflects a momentous year for crypto.

Most Influential 2024

Opinion

Proof of Operation Chokepoint 2.0

Newly released documents from the FDIC show a concerted federal effort to de-bank crypto companies, showing long-held theories were correct.

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Finance

Bitcoin at $100K: The Financial World Reacts

After BTC hit $100,000, growing from zero to $2 trillion in a decade and a half, CoinDesk rounded up reactions — from believers and skeptics — to the milestone.

People respond to BTC reaching $100,000, including Trump, Schiff and Bukele

Opinion

De-banking Deserves Urgent Attention

The issue affects many legitimate businesses and individuals in the U.S. and internationally. It undermines our rule of law, market economy and human rights.

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