Marc Hochstein

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.

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Технології

Buenos Aires Adds ZK Proofs to City App in Bid to Boost Residents' Privacy

The crypto-adjacent tech is meant to give the Argentine capital's 3.6 million residents greater control over their personal data.

The La Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Eduardo Sánchez/Wikimedia Commons).

Думки

No, Polymarket Whales Aren't Evidence of Prediction Market Manipulation

If you think the Trump bulls are wrong, bet against them.

(Ed Lyman/NOAA)

Ринки

U.S. Election Betting: Kalshi's Polymarket Rival Quickly Gets Traction

In just three weeks, Kalshi's presidential prediction market has passed $30M in volume. It still trails the $2 billion traded on Polymarket since January.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 21: A person wears an 'I Voted' sticker after casting their ballot in a polling station as early voting begins on October 21, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Early voting runs from Oct. 21 through Nov. 3 in Miami-Dade and Broward. People head to the polls to decide, among other races, the next president of the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Політика

It Takes a Fake Token to Catch a Volume Faker

Last week, the DOJ unveiled an indictment against Gotbit, which CoinDesk profiled in 2019.

NexFundAI's site, before it was taken down (FBI)

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Crypto.com v. SEC Is a Bold, 'Bet the Company' Case

If the exchange's lawsuit can clear one procedural hurdle, it will have the regulator on its heels in Texas.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Solicitor General nominee, Noel Francisco attends his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, on May 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Політика

U.S. Election Betting: Federal Court 'Erred' in Letting Kalshi Launch Prediction Markets, CFTC Says

The regulator filed its opening brief in its appeals case to tamp down on political event contracts.

DOYLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 15: Rich Kampert, 71, votes using an absentee or mail-in ballot on October 15, 2024 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Registered voters in Pennsylvania can vote "On Demand" by requesting, a mail-in or absentee ballot filing it out and dropping it off all in one visit to their county election office or other designated location. (Photo by Hannah Beier/Getty Images)

Аналіз Новин

Crypto Degens Baited an Experimental AI Bot Into Promoting a Memecoin. It's Now Up 16,000%.

Conceived as a live experiment in human interactions with AI models, the viral bot ended up shilling a memecoin called GOAT.

The GOAT token refers not to a horned mammal but to a made-up religion often cited in social media posts by AI bot Terminal of Truth. (MartinThoma/Wikimedia Commons)

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Editorial: We Applaud Trump’s Crypto Efforts Though His Record, Rhetoric Raise Red Flags

The former president deserves credit for making crypto a campaign issue. We wish his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, would say more about it.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Політика

Italy to Raise Capital Gains Tax on Crypto to 42% From 26%: Reports

The price of bitcoin (BTC) remained unaffected by the development, rising above $68,000 for the first time since late July.

ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 16 : Deputy Minister Maurizio Leo illustrates in a press conference the measures approved by the Government on the economic maneuver, ,on October 16  , 2024 in Rome, Italy.  Photo by Simona Granati - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Maurizio Leo

Фінанси

Crypto-Real Estate's USDR Misled Investors as Tangible Brothers Made Millions

The 2023 crash of Tangible's USDR stablecoin is infamous in crypto circles. But a CoinDesk investigation reveals there's another story to be told.

Tangible CEO Jagpal Singh (Photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk based on images from Tangible and Images Money)