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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News Analysis

CoinDesk Weekly Recap: Crypto Emerges From the Tariff War

Plus: Paul Atkins was confirmed and ETH ETF options were approved.

CoinDesk

Opinion

Killing the IRS DeFi Rule Is an Industry Win — But It’s a Temporary One

The end of one rule is the beginning of crypto’s unresolved tax issues, says Robin Singh, CEO of crypto tax platform Koinly.

(Sean Lee/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Bitcoin Is Not a Payments Platform

Jack Dorsey says Bitcoin needs payments to scale. Rena Shah, COO of Trust Machines, disagrees. It can continue to be this asset of generational wealth or store of value against inflation, while actually being an active asset across an evolving financial ecosystem, she says.

CoinDesk

Tech

How Bitcoin Miners Are Adjusting to the Threat of Tariffs: Blockspace

Before April 9, miners were paying upwards of $3M for chartered flights as they try to outrun the impact of Trump’s import levies. Some miners are comparing the tariffs to China’s 2021 mining ban.

CoinDesk

Opinion

Working Through the Riddles of Tokenized Securities

Despite the recent regulatory thaw around digital assets, regulating digital assets remains a thorny problem. Here is a primer on the more common riddles currently facing developers of tokenized securities from Skadden’s Daniel Michael, Michelle Gasaway and Greg Zaffino.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Aptos’ Ash Pampati: Building in a Choppy Market

A blockchain with Meta DNA, Aptos faces a challenge of differentiation in an increasingly skeptical market. Head of ecosystem Pampati talks with CoinDesk ahead of his appearance at Consensus 2025 in Toronto May 14-16.

Ash Pampati

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Mark Carney Could Easily Win Canadian Elections, Myriad Markets Says

Prediction market says Canada's former central banker will likely take the Liberal Party into an easy victory – thanks to aggressive posturing by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Mark Carney (Liberal Party)

Finance

This Bitcoin Hedge Fund Is Taking Treasuries Companies Global: Blockspace

UTXO Management, the investing arm of BTC Inc., of Bitcoin Magazine and Bitcoin Conference fame, was top five of all hedge funds in 2024, according to HFR. Now it wants to put a bitcoin treasury company (like Metaplanet) in markets across the world.

(Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Resilience Suggests Bullish Outlook as Dollar Weakens, Stagflation Looms — Grayscale

"The most bullish 8% drawdown I’ve ever seen," said Grayscale’s Zach Pandl on bitcoin’s performance since Liberation Day.

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Hive’s Frank Holmes on Expanding Bitcoin Mining in Paraguay

The company’s chairman, a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, looks at what's next for the mining industry.

Frank Holmes (Credit: HIVE)