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 holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

CoinDesk Announces Eric Trump as a Headline Speaker at Consensus 2025

The president’s son will discuss his mining venture American Bitcoin alongside Asher Genoot, Chief Executive Officer of Hut 8.

CoinDesk

Opinion

Criminals Are Watching the DOJ’s Crypto Shift. So Should We

Treasury’s move to shift prosecutorial resources away from crypto may please the industry. But the decision could prove harmful down the line, says Yoav Keren, CEO and Co-founder of BrandShield.

Unslash

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Polygon Labs’ Marc Boiron on Unifying Blockchains

Polygon Labs’ product, AggLayer, aims to fix the fragmentation that has slowed growth in assets. Afra Wang meets the man making it happen.

Marc Boiron

Opinion

Market, Data Suggests Favorable Outlook for Bitcoin — CoinDesk Indices

And the tide that lifts bitcoin rarely leaves other quality projects stranded, says CoinDesk Indices Head of Product and Research Andy Baehr.

CoinDesk

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Inside ‘An Ethereum Story’: Filming Vitalik Buterin, Crypto’s Most Reluctant Star

A new documentary explores Buterin’s life, including his early days building Ethereum in Canada.

CoinDesk

Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Coinbase’s Lucas Matheson on Why Canada Needs a Blockchain Strategy

Coinbase’s Canadian boss discusses how the country can create a better business environment for crypto. Matheson is a speaker at Consensus by CoinDesk in Toronto May 14-16. Interview with Afra Wang.

Coinbase’s Lucas Matheson

Finance

Luxor’s Aaron Foster on Bitcoin Mining’s Growing Sophistication

The group’s director of business development, a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, says bitcoin miners are expanding into bitcoin pooling, hashrate hedging, AI and HPC.

Aaron Forster

Opinion

Crypto’s Biggest Barrier to Adoption? It’s Not Regulation — It’s UX

The goal should be to design tools that make crypto accessible, secure, and simple — without sacrificing self-custody or decentralization, says Katelyn Perna, Crypto Chief Information Security Officer, Robinhood.

(Dan LeFebvre/Unsplash)

Finance

Where Top VCs Think Crypto x AI Is Headed Next

Decentralized AI has thus far attracted $917 million in VC and private equity money, according to Tracxn.

(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

News Analysis

CoinDesk Weekly Recap: Crypto Emerges From the Tariff War

Plus: Paul Atkins was confirmed and ETH ETF options were approved.

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