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 Magazine

What Hamster Kombat Did: How Telegram Built a Web3 Gaming Juggernaut

With hundreds of millions of users, Telegram’s TON, aka The Open Network, is building a head of steam in simple, addictive, fun games built on a blockchain.

(Hamster Combat)

Opinion

The Case for Crypto Index Funds

There are already more than a dozen crypto index funds marketed to investors, ranging from $1 million to several hundred million dollars in assets under management. Here’s why they make sense to investors, says Adam Guren of Hunting Hill.

(Rocky Xiong/Unsplash)

Opinion

Insurance Is the Silent DeFi Guardian

There is a long history of insurers helping to reduce industrial risks, from cars to buildings. They can play a similar role now in DeFi, where a lack of regulation stifles growth, says Q Rasi, co-founder of Lindy Labs.

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Opinion

Welcome to DePIN Summer

Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) are flourishing across multiple businesses, creating an “economy of things,” where value is shared across all participants. Scott Foo, founder of DePIN Daily, digs in.

(Farmsent)

Opinion

DePIN: It's Time for Crypto to Get Real

DePIN stands for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, or in simple terms, real-world applications that are actually useful, says Max Thake, cofounder of Peaq, a layer-1 for DePIN.

(Conny Schneider/Unsplash)

Opinion

U.S. Administrative Procedure Law Exists for a Reason. The SEC Must Follow It

The regulator’s refusal to listen to dissenting opinion on its new Dealer Rule left us no option but to sue for clarity and accountability, says Marisa Coppel, head of legal at the Blockchain Association.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

DePIN Can Rebuild the Grid From the Bottom Up

As the U.S. electricity grid struggles with wide scale outages, crypto-powered demand response programs can save customers billions. These decentralized generative energy networks (or DeGEN) offer services valuable to customers and governments alike.

Misty valley in Leeds, Yorkshire with electricity pylons

Opinion

Who Draws the Lines? The Case for Decentralized Map Making

Today, a small group of cartography companies control the world’s maps. What if there was a way of creating an open-source system where on-the-ground mappers were incentivized to participate? Hivemapper CEO Ariel Seidman outlines the argument.

Hivemapper dashcam photos

Opinion

The Prize for Owning Web3 Distribution Is Enormous. Here’s Why It Won’t Go to Big Tech

Ten years from now, decentralized organizations will be the new leading class, with the FAANGs of the world as specialized service providers. Who will lead distribution is even more intriguing, says Alex Felix, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of CoinFund.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/Creative Commons)

Opinion

DePIN Is the Sharing Economy 2.0

Daniel Andrade, co-founder of Hotspotty, was deep in the DePIN space before it had a name. More than an incremental innovation for crypto, he sees it as a fundamental shift in how we manage everything from wireless networks to energy grids.

(Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)