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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Elizabeth Warren: D.C.'s Crypto Critic-in-Chief

The U.S. Senator from Massachusetts is skeptical of crypto. It's a position she leaned into in 2023.

The artist Die with the most likes's rendering of Elizabeth Warren for Most Influential 2023.

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Hayden Adams: From Ethereum Idealist to Business Realist at Uniswap

Uniswap, the first decentralized crypto exchange of its kind, was Adams’ first and greatest contribution to Ethereum. The latest V4, inviting praise and criticism, earns him a spot on the Most Influential 2023.

Uniswap's Hayden Adams (portrait by Mason Webb for CoinDesk)

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Ogle Catches the Crypto Crooks

Hacks happen a lot in crypto. So, Ogle has professionalized asset recovery for the victims. He's pretty good at it.

(Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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The Year of Decentralized Social Media

Farcaster, Friend.tech and Lens showed how much can change in a year — but is Web3 networking ready for primetime?

EFDOT's image of Racer, the co-founder of Friend.tech, for Most Influential 2023.

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Paul Sztorc: Scaling Bitcoin With Sidechains

The developer’s proposal (BIP 300) for “Drive Chains” (sidechains) on Bitcoin – meant to allow greater collaboration with other chains – was met with fierce opposition from some Bitcoiners this year. Sztorc says the community hasn’t been innovating fast enough.

Paul Sztorc (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

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Jesse Pollak Is Putting the Base in Coinbase

Coinbase's layer-2 blockchain, which launched this year, helps the exchange to scale and reduce transaction fees. Rivals, like Kraken, are now said to be launching their own layer 2s. That's why Pollak is part of CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023 list.

Rebecca Rose's image of Jesse Pollak for Most Influential 2023.

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Refik Anadol's AI-Driven Work Breaks Big in 2023

Digital artist Refik Anadol's creatively sculpted imaginations generated wonder and discussion as he brought his data-generated artwork from the blockchain to the world’s largest screens.

Study; Unsupervised NFT by P1A

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Brad Garlinghouse Is 2023's Comeback King With XRP's Win Over SEC

Ripple's CEO emerged triumphant this year in legal cases with big implications for crypto's future. He couldn't have done it without the XRP Army.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (La Vaun)

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Sam Altman: The World That Sam Made

From ChatGPT to Worldcoin, Sam Altman changed everything in 2023.

Image of individual who looks like Sam Altman staring into orb

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Brian Armstrong of Coinbase Is Crypto's Last Big Man Standing

With CZ gone at Binance, and SBF set for prison, Brian Armstrong is the biggest big gun still in the hot seat. Having launched its own layer-2 blockchain and derivatives exchange this year, and ETFs looking poised to launch in 2024, Coinbase looks well positioned to ride crypto's next wave.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)