Benjamin Schiller

Ben Schiller is a senior adviser at Miden, a privacy-focused blockchain. He was a CoinDesk managing editor from 2019 to 2025, and, before that, a staff writer at Fast Company.

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TRUMP Token Frenzy Drives Solana Stablecoin Supply to $10B, Record DEX Volumes

While Circle's USDC led stablecoin growth on Solana, other issuers also expanded their stablecoins to the network recently, one analyst noted.

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Новости CoinDesk

Best of the Week: It’s All Happening!

CoinDesk’s coverage this week took in a memecoin juggernaut, major changes in the SEC’s approach to crypto, an executive order on digital assets, and heated debate over Ethereum’s future. Meanwhile, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht finally stepped free, as Trump followed through a big promise to the crypto community.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders

Мнение

Next Stop for DePIN: Taco Bell

A string of everyday franchise businesses are forming part of a DePIN network for decentralized air quality on Solana, showing how mainstream DePIN is becoming.

Taco Bell

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

EasyA Wants to Attract More Than Just ‘Bounty Hunters’ to Its Hackathons

The start-up is hosting hackathons at the upcoming Consensus conferences in Hong Kong and Toronto that are expected to attract hundreds of developers.

Easy A co-founders Phil (left) and Dominic Kwok

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Политика

Ledger Co-Founder's Kidnapping Highlights Threat of Crypto Robberies

David Balland and his wife were rescued in a police operation involving elite units, Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.

(Tom Masson/Getty Images)

Технологии

The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation Fracas

Also: New grants for DePIN; DAO governance merger

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Финансы

DOGE and TRUMP ETFs May be Coming But Should Institutional Investor Trade Them?

With memecoins dominating the headlines, issuers are filing fresh ETF applications. But is a memecoin ETF a good investment?

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Финансы

Anvil Launches DeFi Protocol for Letters of Credit

Founder Tyler Spalding sees the Ethereum-based smart contract project as a step towards creating a new form of money for payments, loans and counterparty credit in DeFi.

Tyler Spalding

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Мнение

A New (Digital) Age at the SEC

6 immediate steps the SEC can take to regulate crypto.

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

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Bitcoin Trade Volume Wednesday Was One of the Largest Ever

Across ETFs, spot and futures trade, bitcoin combined for $130 billion volume yesterday.

BTC: Futures vs Spot vs ETF Trade Volume (Checkonchain)