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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Finance

Where BlackRock Goes, Liquidity Flows

BlackRock and Securitize’s new digital assets fund is a game-changer for tokenization and the wider regulated market, says Peter Gaffney, head of research at Security Token Advisors.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Markets

Are You Too Late to Crypto?

Recent price appreciation veils the far greater potential of blockchain technology.

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Opinion

Must Bitcoin ‘Drop Ideals’ of Decentralization to Achieve Mass Adoption?

Key management is crucial to crypto maintaining decentralization. But, as hacks and exploits have grown in number, the dream of self-custody has become more difficult to maintain.

(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Texas Takedown: Nic Carter and David Hoffman Square Off for Karate Combat at Consensus

The influencers, representing Bitcoin and Ethereum, will enter the pit at the Consensus festival May 30, 2024. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland is also on the fight card.

Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong and meme coin creator “More Light,” in Mexico City in February, 2024.

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Opinion

Bitcoin’s Future as Currency

Bitcoin has flourished as digital gold. But, in the long-term, its biggest impact will be in denominating business and trade, says Zac Townsend, CEO of Meanwhile.

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Consensus Magazine

12 Future Bitcoin Scenarios: From Bullish to Bearish

Predictions from Anthony Pompliano, Des Dickerson, Cory Klippsten, Isaiah Jackson, David Johnston, Wendy O, Cas Piancey, and others.

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Opinion

Sam Bankman-Fried Deserves a Life After Prison

He did incalculable harm, but arguing for a sentence longer than 25 years is unfair to the man and the industry he once represented.

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Markets

How to Design Better On-Chain Governance

An introduction to Futarchy and combinatorial prediction markets.

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Markets

The Benefits of Assets Tokenization

We need to start thinking of blockchains as infrastructure for financial innovation rather than concentrating on the prices of a few digital assets, like bitcoin and ether, says WisdomTree’s digital of digital assets, Benjamin Dean.

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Opinion

The Enablers of Decentralized AI

AI naturally evolves as an increasingly centralized technology, and any decentralization efforts are an uphill battle. But decentralization can win in specific areas of AI development, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO of IntoTheBlock.

Web 3's use of AI will present challenges. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)