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

Patakaran

Polymarket's Probe Highlights Challenges of Blocking U.S. Users (and Their VPNs)

What can offshore crypto companies practically do to stop Americans from accessing their services – and what do regulators expect them to do?

Nob 14, 2024

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan at Consensus 2024 (CoinDesk).

Tech

Blockchain Analyzer 'Bubblemaps' Adds AI to Help Identify Insider-Controlled Tokens

The app's new update seeks to boost transparency in the market by exposing token ownership patterns that may indicate centralization or manipulation.

Nob 13, 2024

Tech

Ethereum Developer Consensys Plots Token Issuance in Sign of Trump Thaw

The long-anticipated LINEA token comes as the next U.S. president is expected to usher in a more favorable regulatory environment for cryptocurrency.

Nob 13, 2024

Joe Lubin, Founder and CEO of Consensys, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Tech

‘Just Don’t Break’ Bitcoin: Devs Debate Tech Upgrades to Top Crypto

The bitcoiners gathered at OP_Next were decidedly in favor of progress – but not too much progress, and certainly not too fast.

Nob 12, 2024

Will Foxley opens OP_NEXT (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinyon

Time for Crypto to Put the Pedal to the Floor

Trump's victory presents a unique opportunity to reshape regulation and ensure no future SEC Chair can hamstring the industry again. Expect pushback.

Nob 12, 2024

Tech

Ethereum's ENS Identity System Set to Launch Own Layer-2 Blockchain

"Namechain" will use a zero-knowledge rollup for scaling and is likely to go live around the end of 2025.

Nob 11, 2024

Ethereum Name Service founder Nick Johnson (ENS)

Tech

Ethereum Foundation's Treasury Shrunk 39% Over 2 1/2 Years to $970M

The foundation has spent roughly $240 million since March 2022, and holds most of its treasury in ether, which has slid roughly 22% since the last financial report.

Nob 8, 2024

Patakaran

Republicans Look Set to Win House, Clinching Electoral Sweep of Congress and White House

This gives Donald Trump and his party leeway to do whatever they like at the federal government level.

Nob 8, 2024

Patakaran

French Regulator Says It's 'Examining' Polymarket

The scrutiny comes after a French national profited handsomely on the platform by placing large bets on Trump winning the U.S. election

Nob 7, 2024

A French flag flutters atop a building (Pourya Gohari/Unsplash)

Merkado

Polymarket Projects a GOP House, Clinching Trump Trifecta

If the prediction market is right — and lately, it's been right — the election results are even more bullish for crypto than they appear.

Nob 6, 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 5: An electronic ticker posts voting results in Times Square on November 5, 2024 in New York City. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

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