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

How the Democrats’ Path to 2026 Victory Goes Through Decentralized Crypto

The current draft of the GENIUS Act elevates centralized entities in overseeing stablecoins. Democrats should take the right stand against it, says Hermine Wong.

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Opinion

Stabledollars: The Third Act of Dollar Reinvention

Blockchain-based dollar infrastructure holds enormous opportunities for the U.S. But only if it treats the technology wisely, says John deVadoss.

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Opinion

Will Crypto Values Survive the Regulatory Wave?

Ahead of the People’s Regulatory Roundtable at Consensus 2025, six leading crypto lawyers discuss whether core crypto principles, like decentralization and privacy, will be included in upcoming legislation and regulation.

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Opinion

Reflections on Those MSTR Bitcoin ‘Earnings’

The 'Strategy Model' is good for BTC. But what about the rest of crypto? CoinDesk Indices’ Andy Baehr has questions.

Michael Saylor

Policy

IRS' Crypto Leads Are Leaving the Agency After Accepting DOGE Deals

The pair took voluntary resignation offers and left their positions after only a little more than a year of government service, according to two people.

Raj Mukherjee (left) and Seth Wilks speaking at CoinDesk's Consensus 2024 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Opinion

The SEC Can Learn From the IRS in Making Regulation Simpler for Crypto

The IRS has relied on voluntary disclosure programs to bring taxpayers into compliance rather than imposing punitive actions upfront. A similar model should be applied to crypto regulation as well, says Miles Fuller, Director of Government Solutions, TaxBit.

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News Analysis

CoinDesk Recap: Movement’s Very Bad Week

Plus: Mastercard, World, Strategy, Kraken, and Trump

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Kevin O’Leary: ‘Crypto Will Be the 12th Sector of the Economy’

Ahead of Consensus 2025, the investor and TV personality shares his crypto portfolio strategy, why he won’t touch bitcoin ETFs, and what could unleash trillions into digital assets.

Crypto, Trade Wars and a New Canada? Kevin O'Leary on What's Next

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

The Next Ethereum Will Come From a Dorm Room (or a College Dropout)

Many of the most successful crypto projects come from founders who don’t wait for permission from institutions, says Antonio Gomes, President of the Blockchain Education Network.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Shaw Walters: ‘We’re Going to Automate All of the Jobs’

The creator of ElizaOS, a speaker at the AI Summit at Consensus 2025, looks forward to a world where nobody is working and everybody is investing. Jeff Wilser meets him.

Shaw Walters