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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Opinion

Tap-to-Earn Games Are Realizing Satoshi’s Dream

Love or hate games like Hamster Kombat, they're onboarding millions of users to crypto, says Ryan Gorman.

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Opinion

Why Tokens Will Lead the Next Wave of Financial Innovation

Crypto ETFs have been a big success this year. But the step-change innovation in crypto is tokenization, says Alex Tapscott, author of Web3: Charting the Internet’s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier.

Art installation reminiscent of digital ecosystems

Opinion

DePIN Promises Small Business Innovation in Emerging Markets

DePIN node sales are not like ICOs or even token sales. They are more like a market stall or “micro franchise programs.” DePIN networks have potential to be a prodigious driver of tech-centered economic development, says Huddle01 founder, Ayush Ranjan.

A map showing distribution of Helium nodes (DePIN Hub)

Markets

Four Reasons Ether ETFs Have Underperformed

ETH ETFs haven't gained the same traction as BTC ETFs, even seeing net outflows this week. Tom Carreras investigates why.

Ether spot ETFs to see same sources of demand as bitcoin versions but on lower scale: Bernstein. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

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Opinion

Gary Gensler, We’re Gonna Miss You (Not)

The SEC Chair’s comments on crypto Wednesday did nothing to encourage anyone in the industry to believe he should continue in his position past this year.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler took vigorous Republican criticism on his agency's crypto record at a hearing. (screen capture, House Financial Services Committee)

Opinion

The U.S. Fell Behind in Crypto. It Cannot Afford to Fall Behind in AI

The U.S. digital assets industry has been stymied by ineffective regulation. Is the same thing about to happen with artificial intelligence? Calanthia Mei, co-founder of Masa, says it's possible.

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Opinion

CPI Growth Is Set to Slow Even More

And that’s good news for risk assets like bitcoin and ethereum, says Scott Garliss.

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Opinion

How Crypto Reacted to HBO's Big Satoshi 'Reveal'

HBO's Satoshi documentary Tuesday got plenty of attention. But experienced hands were not convinced by the show's conclusion.

From the trailer for HBO's Satoshi documentary.

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Opinion

Crypto’s Token Lockup Orthodoxy Is a Scam

Today’s prevailing token distribution model is fundamentally broken, says Christopher Goes, co-creator of Anoma and Namada.

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Opinion

Satoshi’s Identity Won’t Be Revealed and That’s a Good Thing

Tonight’s HBO documentary will make a splash. But Bitcoin has always benefited from us not knowing who invented it, says Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy.

Heading of Bitcoin Whitepaper