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

Crypto-Friendly Does Not Mean Crypto-Easy

U.S. crypto regulation has much to learn from Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. But while these jurisdictions offer legal clarity around digital assets, they also have some of the toughest rules in the world, says CoinDesk’s Emily Parker.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Opinion

What We Know About the Massive Ledger Hack

The latest crypto exploit, affecting security firm Ledger and a number of popular DeFi protocols, is a moment of levity for some.

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Opinion

The Ends of Aragon

Aragon had a dream to remake capitalism with decentralized autonomous organizations. As it faces a governance crisis, what can we learn about how to organize DAOs in the future?

Aragon YouTube promotional video from 2018.

Markets

Why 2023 Is Like 2020 and Bitcoin Is Set to Head Towards $50k

Crypto derivatives show bullish positioning but are not over-extended by historical norms. That’s good news for the whole crypto market.

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Markets

Bitcoin Has Gifts This Holiday Season

Historical data helps us understand what to expect as crypto markets once again head upwards, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.

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Opinion

A Difficult Truth: The Unspoken Mismatch of Web3 and Generative AI

Generative AI workloads are designed to be computationally intensive, running on highly parallelizable GPUs. What role does that leave for blockchain? Jesus Rodriguez, of IntoTheBlock, explores one possible solution.

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Opinion

Why Are People Spreading Falsehoods About Bitcoin’s Water Use?

No, despite what you might have heard recently, Bitcoin transactions do not consume a swimming pool of water. Noelle Acheson dives into the fallacy, and points out that poor research is not the only culprit here.

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Consensus Magazine

Most Influential 2023

How CoinDesk chose 50 people who defined the year in crypto.

Rhett Mankind's depiction of Casey Rodarmor, creator of "Ordinals" on Bitcoin, for CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023.

Consensus Magazine

Stani Kulechov Defied Crypto Winter

With upgrades to the Aave lending/borrowing protocol and Lens, an open-source social media protocol, the Estonian native kept BUIDLing in a down-market.

Stani Kulechov (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)