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 has covered crypto since 2013 and lives in New York.

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Opinion

The $LIBRA Debacle: Political Endorsements Are Driving Rug Pulls

Crypto has struggled for years to get acceptance. Political meme coins could ruin this progress very quickly, says Agne Linge, Head of Growth at WeFi.

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Tech

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live

Also: Hyperliquid Eases Token Transfers for DeFi With Integration Between HyperCore and HyperEVM; Celo Migration to Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing in New Era for the Blockchain; Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

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Finance

Michael Saylor’s $200 Trillion Bitcoin Strategy: U.S. BTC Domination and Immortality

Strategy Executive Chair Michael Saylor discusses a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve, why securities holders keep him sleepless, and his own economic immortality.

Strategy Chair Michael Saylor portrait

Opinion

If You’re in Crypto, Pivot to AI Now

Let’s face it: artificial intelligence is the real change-agent in the world. We can cling to the idea that speculative tokens are retail products, or embrace crypto's supporting role as excellent technology in service of AI, says Steven Waterhouse.

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Opinion

The SEC Crypto Roundtable Was a Missed Opportunity

The event, bringing together commissioners and leading crypto lawyers, focused on long-standing debates rather than solutions for the future, says Renato Mariotti.

Panelists speak at SEC Crypto Task Force's first roundtable discussion (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC 'Earnest' About Finding Workable Crypto Policy, Commissioners Say at Roundtable

The Securities and Exchange Commission's first gathering on crypto issues kicked off with assurances from commissioners that they're aiming to set effective policy.

Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Now Is the Time to Rally to Web3 Gaming

Those who FUD Web3 gaming today don’t understand it. They missed CryptoKitties in 2018 and Axie in 2020, and they’ll miss the next wave too because they’re measuring the wrong metrics, says Gabby Dizon, cofounder of Yield Guild Games.

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News Analysis

Weekly Recap: Markets Flat, an Industry Buoyant

Cardano, Bitcoin, XRP, and Kraken continued to make the news.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

How Ether.fi's Mike Silagadze Retained TVL as Restaking Lost Its Luster

Ether.fi, the market leader, has 2.6 million ETH staked on its platform and has plans to become a neobank.

Mike Silagadze (Consensus Hong Kong)

Tech

The Protocol: Meet Hoodi, Ethereum’s New Testnet

Also: Microsoft Raises Alarm of Malware Targeting Crypto Wallets; Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol; Sam Altman's World and Razer Want to Defeat Gaming's Bot Problem.

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