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

Bloomberg and Better Markets Are Wrong About Crypto

Crypto is far from the currency of choice for financial predators, says former CFTC Commissioner Fred Hatfield. That’s really the U.S. dollar.

Kamala Harris 2024 DNC (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Opinion

Pavel Durov: The Imperfect Free Speech Hero

Pavel Durov is a free speech hero, but Telegram is far from a perfect free speech platform, writes CoinDesk's Ben Schiller.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov

Opinion

It’s Time to Build a Sustainable Blockchain Ecosystem

For years, the industry has created and lost value without establishing real business models. It’s time to demonstrate that we’re on the path to turning blockchains and the applications built on them into real businesses, says Azeem Khan.

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Opinion

Accelerating Innovation in the DePIN Sector

Everyone agrees the real-world utility of DePINs is what makes them so interesting, but it’s also what makes them so difficult to build. Companies and investment firms like IoTeX, Hotspotty, EV3, and DePIN Pulse are building tools to lower the barrier to entry for DePIN founders and increase the pace of innovation in the industry, says Connor Lovely.

(Helium)

Opinion

The Fed’s Rate Cut Cushion Is Good News for Crypto

A key metric by which officials set rates shows the potential to cut rates by 175 basis points over the next nine months. If so, that’s likely to drive the prices of bitcoin and ETH higher, says Scott Garliss.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Opinion

OK, Bloomer!

Bloomberg’s editorial board says Harris and Trump shouldn’t “pander” to crypto. The piece itself panders to stereotypes about the digital assets industry.

Former President Donald Trump (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Opinion

From Chaos to Crypto: The Crecimiento Movement Igniting Argentina

A month-long pop-up in Buenos Aires is showing how crypto can potentially transform an economy from the bottom-up.

(James Tunningley)

Opinion

Meeting Binance CEO Richard Teng

Four takeaways from CoinDesk’s interview in New York yesterday.

Binance CEO Richard Teng (Jennifer Sanasie/CoinDesk)

Policy

Nearly Half of All Corporate Election Spending in 2024 Cycle Comes from Crypto Companies, Study Finds

Think-tank Public Citizen found that crypto companies have contributed $119 million to crypto-friendly super PACs this election cycle.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

After 2022’s Bust, Scars Are Healing In Crypto Lending

Innovative structures, attractive yields, and stronger risk management capabilities are driving a recovery in institutional crypto lending markets, says Craig Birchall, head of product at Membrane, an institutional loan management software provider for digital asset markets.

(Igor Kyryliuk & Tetiana Kravchenko/ Unsplash+)