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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Analyse de Nouvelles

CoinDesk Weekly Recap: Stablecoins Dominate the Cycle

Bullish signals for stablecoins were all around, from Asia to Europe to Circle's stock price.

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Analyses

Europe’s Time Is Now (for Stablecoins)

EUR-based stablecoins to threaten USD counterparts by 2028, says LIAN Group’s Fiorenzo Manganiello.

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Analyses

What’s Next for Tokenization?

Previous market cycles came with big promises for real-world assets and the tokenization of existing financial products. This time it’s really happening, says Galaxy’s Thomas Cowan. Here’s what to expect.

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Analyses

Ethereum's 'Identity Crisis' Is What Real Decentralization Looks Like

The Ethereum community must avoid getting distracted by price movements, governance drama, or competing narratives and unite around their common mission: building credibly neutral infrastructure that serves humanity's needs, says Nick Johnson, Co-Founder and Lead Developer of Ethereum Name Service.

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Technologies

The Protocol: Ethereum Proposal That Could Make the Network Faster

Also: ZKSync’s Airbender, Norway Plans To Ban Crypto Mining Centers, and XRP Ledger’s New Upgrade.

Seating Blocks

Analyses

The Future of Money Is Streaming Now

Stablecoins will allow companies to shift to a financial streaming model that could free up trillions in capital for new investment, says Paul Brody.

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Analyses

Stablecoins Are a Monetary Revolution in the Making

Marvin Barth says pegged cryptocurrencies could effectively create “narrow banking”: a long-held dream of economists looking to separate critical financial functions.

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Analyses

Decentralized Protocols Are Soft Targets for North Korean Hackers

Oak Security has conducted more than 600 audits across major crypto systems. It consistently sees this vulnerability gap: teams invest heavily in smart contract audits but ignore basic operational security, says Dr. Jan Philipp Fritsche.

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Analyses

We Need to Fix the So-Called GENIUS Bill

It takes a STABLE GENIUS to anoint 55 regulators for stablecoins, says James J. Angel, finance professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

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Finance

JPMorgan Introduces USD Deposit Token on Coinbase’s Base Blockchain

The bank’s JPMD is a permissioned USD deposit token enabling J.P. Morgan institutional clients to move money 24/7 on-chain.

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