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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Opinion

The Many Ways Crypto Won in This Election

The dust is starting to clear on the election and no one won bigger than crypto. Aubrey Strobel looks at how the new Trump Administration could help the industry moving forward.

Trump sending bitcoin transaction at PubKey bar in NYC (Fox News/Modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

How Tokenized Money Market Funds Dulled the Stablecoin Star

Regulatory uncertainty around yield-bearing stablecoins has allowed regulated tokenized yield-bearing instruments like money market funds to steal thunder, says Aaron Kaplan, co-CEO of Prometheum.

CDCROP: Money Growth Graph on a chalk board (Getty Images)

Opinion

Your Idea of a Memecoin Community Is Wrong

Web3Auth co-founder and CEO Zhen Yu Yong believes that memecoins are more than community-building machines and sources of speculation. They’re a new type of liquidity vehicle applicable across modern finance.

Memeland token sale bagged $10 million within minutes. (Memeland)

Opinion

Hard Way to Make An Easy Living: Profiting in A New Altcoin World

Altcoin trading is following a similar path to online poker as the game is getting considerably tougher. But there will continue to be windows of “easy money”, says David Zimmerman, a research analyst at K33 Research.

Pump Fun homepage. (Pump.Fun)

Opinion

How Escape Hatches Can Boost Crypto’s Reputation

Liquidation, hacks and thefts have plagued the industry. It’s time for a hard-wired cheat-proof feature that pays on-chain creditors in an orderly way, says StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson.

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Opinion

How We Can Make the Agentic Internet Work for Everyone

We’ll soon have an internet where trillions of AI agents work on behalf but how do we make sure it’s fair? Bangdao Chen and Ramesh Ramadoss propose a secure, robust, verification-based approach paving the path to democratization of AI.

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Opinion

We’ve Been Thinking About Blockchains Wrong. They’re About Time, Not Money

There is almost no limit to the things we can build if we understand what blockchains are really for, says Ethereum researcher Vlad Zamfir.

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Opinion

The Fed Is Set to Cut Rates, Boosting the Outlook for Crypto

As well as Trump's victory, the digital assets industry can also expect an easier monetary environment, says Scott Garliss.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: A statue of an eagle is seen on the Federal Reserve building on September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will hold a news conference tomorrow and make an announcement pertaining to interest rates. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

How Trump Could Change Crypto

Analysts expect a broad market rally and changes in SEC leadership. Trump’s crypto policies include a bitcoin strategic reserve, banning a central bank digital currency and freeing Ross Ulbricht.

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 06:  Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress.   (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Live Updates: Trump Wins 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

Up-to-the-minute coverage on the presidential and congressional races and how they stand to shape crypto legislation and regulation.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)