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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News Analysis

Weekly Recap: Bitcoin Hits ATH as Dozens of Treasuries Bloom

Meanwhile, Congress geared up for an historic “Crypto Week” next week.

Justin Sun at the $TRUMP memecoin dinner (Tron)

Opinion

Why 24/7 Digital Markets Will Power Development in Frontier Economies

Tokenization will create a new financial order for U.S.-led reconstruction, says Davis Richardson.

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Opinion

DAOs 2.0: What’s Next For Decentralized Governance?

As with many idealistic movements, DAOs need to balance pragmatism with progress, says Kurt Watkins.

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Finance

Is There a Future for DAOs?

Two major decentralized autonomous organizations ceased to exist last month, raising existential questions about the DAO model of governance.

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Opinion

Risk, Reward, and Resilience: Building Insurance Primitives in DeFi

Robust insurance can promote deeper liquidity, enhanced counterparty confidence, and broader participation in decentralized finance, says Jesus Rodriguez, CTO, Sentora.

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Finance

Jack Mallers: How We Started Our Bitcoin Treasury Company

Strike’s Founder talks to CoinDesk TV about founding Twenty One with Tether and SoftBank and why he sees bitcoin as “moral imperative” as much as a financial instrument.

Jack Mallers

Markets

CoreWeave’s All-Stock Bid for Core Scientific Likely to Draw Shareholder Scrutiny: KBW

Deal valued at $20.40/share marks second acquisition attempt; KBW sees limited upside for Core Scientific shareholders.

Celsius and Core Scientific hope to raise millions via mining rig vouchers (alvarez/Getty Images)

Opinion

Without Operational Alpha, Bitcoin Treasury Company Premiums Will Collapse

K33’s Torbjørn Bull Jenssen says simply raising bitcoin funds to chase "bitcoin yield" is not a sustainable business plan.

Bull statue (Pixabay)

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Opinion

The Coming Crypto Tax Bomb

There’s a growing mismatch between how taxpayers think crypto taxes work and how the IRS now expects them to be handled, says Justin Zanardi, general manager at Countonsheep.com.

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Opinion

Asset Managers: Blockchain Can Modernize Your Operations and Reinvigorate Your Product Line

Blockchain isn’t a speculative detour; it’s a modern financial operating system, says Tuongvy Le.

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