Marc Hochstein

Executive Editor for Consensus

As Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Features, Opinion, Ethics and Standards, Marc oversaw CoinDesk's long-form content, set editorial policies and acted as the ombudsman for our industry-leading newsroom. He also spearheaded our nascent coverage of prediction markets and helped compile The Node, our daily email newsletter rounding up the biggest stories in crypto.

From November 2022 to June 2024 Marc was the Executive Editor of Consensus, CoinDesk's flagship annual event. He joined CoinDesk in 2017 as a managing editor and has steadily added responsibilities over the years.

Marc is a veteran journalist with more than 25 years' experience, including 17 years at the trade publication American Banker, the last three as editor-in-chief, where he was responsible for some of the earliest mainstream news coverage of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

DISCLOSURE: Marc holds BTC above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000; marginal amounts of ETH, SOL, XMR, ZEC, MATIC and EGIRL; an Urbit planet (~fodrex-malmev); two ENS domain names (MarcHochstein.eth and MarcusHNYC.eth); and NFTs from the Oekaki (pictured), Lil Skribblers, SSRWives, and Gwar collections.

Latest from Marc Hochstein

Tech

Avalanche Blockchain’s Largest-Ever Upgrade, 'Avalanche9000,' Is Live

The technical changes are designed to attract developers to the ecosystem and let them create their own customized blockchains, known as subnets.

Dec 16, 2024

The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Solana Was the Biggest Draw for New Crypto Developers in 2024: Electric Capital

Ethereum remained the blockchain with the most devs, and the overall population of software builders in crypto was flat, the VC firm said in its annual survey.

Dec 12, 2024

Developers at work at a Solana hacker house in Salt Lake City in February 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Haliey Welch’s $HAWK Shows Why We Need Better Standards for Memecoins

The saga of Hawk Tuah’s memecoin testifies to the need for governance and transparency in Web3, Azeem Khan says. It’s up to the industry to provide it.

Dec 12, 2024

(Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)

Tech

The Protocol: A Quantum Threat to Bitcoin?

Also: An Ethereum dev's defection to Solana; Polygon's big proving-system flex; crypto's most influential

Dec 11, 2024

Finance

Magic Eden's $5B Token Airdrop Raises Crypto Wallet Security Questions

To claim aidrops, users had to download Magic Eden's wallet, a highly atypical process that industry insiders said threatened to breach security best practices.

Dec 10, 2024

Magic Eden CEO Jack Lu at Solana Breakpoint 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Shayne Coplan: He Took Prediction Markets Mainstream

In so doing, Polymarket's founder demonstrated a real-world consumer use case for crypto, earning him a spot on CoinDesk's Most Influential 2024 list.

Dec 10, 2024

Tech

Helium's Frank Mong: Building Out DePIN's First Big Success Story

Helium was a DePIN long before DePIN was a word. Long-time COO Mong is gratified to see (literally) a thousand projects emulating its economic model in 2024.

Dec 10, 2024

Tech

EigenLayer's Sreeram Kannan: King of the Professor Coins

Kannan may have played a larger role than any other entrepreneur in revitalizing DeFi on Ethereum. But not everything went according to plan.

Dec 10, 2024

Finance

Luca Netz: Powering Pudgy Penguins

Pudgy Penguins, the second most successful NFT collection of the last cycle, is pumping again. This time, it has a token to go with the cute plush toys.

Dec 10, 2024

Finance

Rune Christensen: Revamping the Maker/Sky

The issuer behind the largest decentralized stablecoin had a rebrand and looks set to benefit from clearer DeFi rules in the U.S.

Dec 10, 2024

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