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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Opinion

Killing the IRS DeFi Rule Is an Industry Win — But It’s a Temporary One

The end of one rule is the beginning of crypto’s unresolved tax issues, says Robin Singh, CEO of crypto tax platform Koinly.

(Sean Lee/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Bitcoin Is Not a Payments Platform

Jack Dorsey says Bitcoin needs payments to scale. Rena Shah, COO of Trust Machines, disagrees. It can continue to be this asset of generational wealth or store of value against inflation, while actually being an active asset across an evolving financial ecosystem, she says.

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Tech

How Bitcoin Miners Are Adjusting to the Threat of Tariffs: Blockspace

Before April 9, miners were paying upwards of $3M for chartered flights as they try to outrun the impact of Trump’s import levies. Some miners are comparing the tariffs to China’s 2021 mining ban.

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