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 Decentralized AI and Zero-Knowledge Proofs Will Democratize Compute

AI is at risk of the same centralization seen in earlier editions of the internet. But another way is possible, say Mahesh Ramakrishnan and Vinayak Kurup.

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Opinion

Why ‘Universal Basic Compute’ Is a Solution to Economic Inequality

And how DePIN networks could make it possible, according to Mark Rydon, Co-Founder of Aethir.

OpenAI's Sam Altman, who has proposed Universal Basic Compute as a fix for automation-driven global equality. (Village Global/Flickr)

Opinion

Why the SEC Is Wrong About NFTs

The SEC’s Wells notice against OpenSea showed once again how regulators are overreaching in interpreting the law, says Edward Lee, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, and the author of Creators Take Control.

Onchain Summer commemorative NFT (Coinbase)

Opinion

Institutional DeFi Needs a BUIDL Moment

The lack of institutional adoption in DeFi is mostly due to capability limitations, not just regulatory uncertainty, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO, IntoTheBlock.

Wall Street has bitcoin mining mergers on its mind. (Chenyu Guan/Unsplash)

Opinion

Facing Up to Crypto’s Gen Z Stigma

Students should be among the earliest adopters of Web3. But, currently, they’re not using the tech in the numbers we might expect, says Benjamin Sturisky, research analyst at Delphi Digital and president of Gator Blockchain.

Excited university students (Getty Images)

Opinion

Beating the Bots: In Defense of Human Traders

As bots come to dominate trading on DEXs, a new price prediction platform allows human traders to demonstrate what they are good at, says Maksim Balashevich, the founder of Santiment.

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Opinion

Art Is Not a Security

NFTs “expose the incoherence of the SEC’s understanding of what it’s authorized to regulate,” says law professor Brian L. Frye, following news yesterday that the SEC has issued a Wells notice against OpenSea, claiming the NFT platform has violated securities law.

Cat NFTs

Opinion

OpenSea Gets SEC 'Wells Notice' – Industry Reaction

Rounding up commentary on the SEC's latest enforcement action. Will all NFTs be treated as securities?

Donald Trump's popular trading card NFTs. Will they be found illegal as part of the SEC's new probe? (CollectTrumpCards.com)

Opinion

Crypto Is Now a Non-negotiable for Traditional Banks

Simple “engagement” isn’t enough. Banks need to start experimenting with tokenization and blockchain-powered settlement, or risk getting left behind, says Sygnum Bank’s Lucas Schweiger.

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Opinion

Narrow Boom: The Mismatch of Token Supply and Demand in the Current Cycle

While BTC and Ethereum have made strong comebacks in the last year, much of the rest of the market is still catching up, say Kevin Kelly and Jason Pagoulatos, of Delphi Digital.

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