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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Opinion

Can Crypto Unlock the Vibe Launch?

The vibe coder heralds an era of software development that is democratized and near-effortless. It also means a big role for crypto, says Ivo Entchev.

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Opinion

The End of Bitcoin Maximalism

“The idea that one coin must dominate all others ignores the power of collaboration and innovation,” says Jeff Garzik, a co-founder of Hemi Labs and an original Bitcoin developer.

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News Analysis

Weekly Recap: Circle Scores Big on IPO Fever

USDC stablecoin issuer leads what is likely to be a summer of IPOs for crypto companies.

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Opinion

Crypto’s Defining Policy Moment Is Here. We Must Seize It Together

Winning means elevating our shared priorities over our individual preferences, says Summer Mersinger, the new CEO of the Blockchain Association.

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Opinion

What’s Next for AI and Web3: NeuroSymbolic Intelligence

AI based on large language models poses risks to Web3 principles. Enter NeuroSymbolic AI, which offers greater auditability and less misinformation, say Ramesh Ramadoss and John deVadoss.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

EasyA Promises Even Bigger Hackathon After Record-Breaking Success at Consensus 2025

More than 1,000 developers flocked to Toronto to compete for millions of dollars in prizes.

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Opinion

Crypto Without Privacy Isn't Crypto

Scale and privacy aren’t contradictory goals. ZCash developers have created a private digital payment network that scales to billions of users, says Zcash developer Sean Bowe.

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Opinion

OpenAI's $6.4 Billion Hardware Gamble Exposes the Closed AI Trap

The group’s massive bet on Jony Ive's hardware venture isn't a strategy. It's desperation, says Shaw Walters, the founder of Eliza Labs, and creator of ElizaOS.

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Opinion

We Can’t Regulate Our Way to Crypto Leadership. We Still Need Science

National Science Foundation funding cuts threaten to devastate U.S. crypto research, say 10 leading professors.

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Opinion

The Dark Times Are Here. Where Is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin was created for a moment like this. But so far it is missing its mark, says Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY.

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