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

COP28 and Bitcoin: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?

COP28 kicks off in the UAE this week. While it is likely to deliver the usual ineffective hand-wringing, at significant cost, this year there is a twist: the presence of Bitcoin delegates shows just how far the industry has come.

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Finance

Tokenization and Real-World Assets Take Center Stage

Blue-chip institutions including Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are trialing digital asset offerings, seeking cost savings and efficiencies.

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Markets

Why On-Chain Transaction Is the Key Blockchain Indicator

The metric helps investors and users to understand whether a blockchain is going to merely survive, or thrive, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices

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Opinion

Binance's CZ and the End of the 'Borderless' Crypto Company

We probably will never see another company quite like Binance. Crypto itself might be borderless, but crypto companies are not beyond the reach of US law.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Ali Yahya, Andreessen Horowitz: 'Many Fair Weather VCs Have Pivoted'

A16z’s general partner tells Jeff Wilser why the blue-chip venture fund is "100% committed on crypto as a space."

Ali Yahya, general partner, a16z.

Opinion

Argentina’s Election: What Bitcoiners Are Getting Wrong

The victory of Javier Milei in Argentina’s general election is good news, but not in the way many crypto enthusiasts seem to think. Noelle Acheson looks at the pros and cons to the abrupt change the South American nation is about to undergo.

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Opinion

What You Need to Know About Crypto Tax Loss Harvesting

By selling assets with unrealized loss, taxpayers can limit their liabilities come tax time. Here’s how to do this legally and effectively.

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Opinion

A Year After FTX: The Lesson Europe Has Fixated On

The company’s collapse a year ago sent shockwaves through the world of crypto, but it changed very little in the new EU crypto regulation. Brussels is more interested in the question of what the pseudonymous crypto-asset world is good for, says Dea Markova.

EU data rules target smart contracts (Walter Zerla/Getty Images)

Opinion

New Form 1099-DA: What it Means for Digital Asset Brokers and Their Customers

Unpacking the IRS’ controversial new crypto tax regulation proposals.

The IRS has issued guidance on how it intends to tax crypto staking rewards. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)