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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How To Fix Ethereum's Fragmentation Problem

With over 50 L2s and more in development, Ethereum has become a maze of isolated chains. Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of Risk Labs explains how a new standard, known as ERC-7683, could help make cross-chain actions easier.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades (Wikipedia)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Crypto and Boxing to Converge at Consensus HK in Lethal One-Two Combination

Attendees at this year’s conference will be able to experience a unique live event that’s tapping into a cultural moment.

Ansem vs. Bitboy CFN

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The Protocol: Ethereum’s Wall Street Cheerleader

Also: Arbitrum integrates Bitcoin; UBS tests ZKSync for gold

Wall Street street sign

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It’s Time to End the Bureaucrat's Secret Weapon: Debanking

Nathan McCauley is CEO Anchorage Digital, an institutional crypto platform. He testifies as a witness before the Senate Banking Committee in today’s hearing: "Investigating the Real Impacts of Debanking in America."

(Stefan Münz/Unsplash)

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The DeepSeek-R1 Effect and Web3-AI

Unlike most advancements in generative AI, the release of DeepSeek-R1 carries real implications and intriguing opportunities for Web3-AI.

DeepSeek (Getty Images)

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10 Commandments for Federal Securities Laws

Too often regulators get bogged down in the minutiae of prescriptive laws and miss their core intent, says Teresa Goody Guillén, a partner at BakerHostetler. Crypto regulation should be guided by principles for an effective market.

Mark Toshiro Uyeda, acting chair of the SEC  (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Crypto.com President Eric Anziani on the Exchange’s Ambitious Global Plans

The Singapore-based exchange has made a plethora of announcements regarding its plans for the E.U., the U.S. and Asia.

Crypto.com president Eric Anziani

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The AI Agents Are Coming

And blockchain tech is poised to become the fundamental infrastructure for an agentic economy, functioning as an API layer that enables seamless interaction and transactions among AI agents, says Marc Baumann.

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AI Shows Why Data Portability Matters

AI provides a rationale for personal data portability, in the form of a better product experience rather than ideology alone, says Anna Kazlauskas, the creator of Vana and the CEO of Open Data Labs.

data (Unsplash)

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Wyoming’s Future as a Blockchain Leader Hangs in the Balance Without Fair Procurement Processes

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says closed-door policy-making around the state's recent stablecoin initiative raises doubts about the state's commitment to becoming a crypto hub.

Wyoming (Shutterstock)