Marc Hochstein

Executive Editor for Consensus

As Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Features, Opinion, Ethics and Standards, Marc oversees CoinDesk's long-form content, sets editorial policies and acts as the ombudsman for our industry-leading newsroom. He is also spearheading our nascent coverage of prediction markets and helps 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

Policy

SEC's Gensler Says AI Could Play Big Role in Future Financial Crises

Artificial intelligence “may heighten financial fragility as it could promote herding,” the regulator said in a speech.

Jul 17, 2023

Chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler. (SEC, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

BlockFi Bet Big on FTX and Alameda Even After Seeing Infamous Balance Sheet, Creditors Say

The crypto lender saw “the exact same balance sheet” later exposed by CoinDesk, but still put clients' money in Sam Bankman-Fried’s companies, a scathing new report claims.

Jul 17, 2023

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Policy

What Ripple’s Partial XRP Win Means for Other Crypto Firms Fighting SEC

Coinbase and Binance have a new precedent to cite in court – if the decision survives potential appeal. That’s no sure thing, lawyers said.

Jul 14, 2023

A court ruling that some XRP sales were not investment contracts, may give other defendants in SEC cases a new arrow in their quiver. (Marija Zaric /Unsplash)

Opinion

Transparency for the Whales, Privacy for the Plebs

Identifying the owners of crypto wallets may level the playing field for retail traders. But if taken too far it could be weaponized against the weak.

Jul 14, 2023

Color lithographic illustration (by Currier & Ives) titled 'Little White Kitties, Fishing' shows two kittens as they peer into a fishbowl, one dipping its paw in the water where two, orange-colored fish swim, 1871. (Photo by Library of Congress/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Policy

Coinbase, SEC Spar Over Definition of Securities, Nature of Staking in First Court Hearing

U.S. Judge Katherine Polk Faila questioned both sides on a range of topics in a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday.

Jul 13, 2023

The Southern District of New York's courthouse (elbud / Shutterstock)

Policy

Ripple, Crypto Industry Score Partial Win in SEC Court Fight Over XRP

Institutional sales of the tokens violated federal securities laws, but programmatic sales did not, a court ruled.

Jul 13, 2023

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Tether’s Banking Relationships, Commercial Paper Exposure Detailed in Newly Released Legal Documents

Obtained by CoinDesk under a Freedom of Information Law request, the documents offer a rare but limited window into the reserves behind USDT, the crypto market’s largest stablecoin.

Jun 16, 2023

Consensus Magazine

Introducing CoinDesk’s First-Ever ‘Consensus @ Consensus’ Report

Based on intimate, curated group discussions that took place at Consensus 2023, it covers a wide range of pressing issues for the digital assets industry.

Jun 5, 2023

Consensus Executive Editor Marc Hochstein interviewed Nym Technologies security consultant and U.S. government whistleblower Chelsea Manning at CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 conference. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Justin Sun Predicts Huobi May Get Hong Kong License in 6 to 12 Months

He says other exchanges, including OKX, Gate.io, Bitget and ByBit might also apply for a license.

Jun 2, 2023

Policy

The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected

Snowballing misinformation has painted an inaccurate and incomplete portrait of a complicated industry – and that is having a real impact on policy.

May 23, 2023

Dresden Mayor Bill Hall (Doreen Wang/CoinDesk)

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