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

Crypto Should Ghost the SBF Trial

It’s a distraction for the industry when the focus should be on passing enabling legislation, says Katherine Snow, head of legal at Messari.

(CoinDesk, modified)

Opinion

A Cripto deve fantasiar o julgamento da SBF

É uma distração para a indústria quando o foco deveria ser a aprovação de legislação favorável, diz Katherine Snow, chefe do departamento jurídico da Messari.

(CoinDesk, modified)

Opinion

Le Cripto dovrebbero ignorare il processo SBF

È una distrazione per il settore quando l’attenzione dovrebbe concentrarsi sull’approvazione della legislazione abilitante, afferma Katherine Snow, responsabile legale di Messari.

(CoinDesk, modified)

Policy

Crypto Needs Congress, But U.S. Lawmakers Have Opted for Pandemonium

While Congress stares down the barrel of a Nov. 17 government shutdown, the rudderless House remains the focus of the crypto industry’s hopes for regulatory progress.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are vying in the House of Representatives for the open speaker position. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Opinion

Michael Lewis' SBF Biography Will Confuse People About Crypto

The author's sympathetic picture of the alleged fraudster as a weirdo whom nobody understood contrasts with his portrayal of crypto as a no-good industry ripe for adult supervision, says Amanda Cassatt.

Is crypto "uniquely" at fault for Sam Bankman-Fried's rise and fall? (CoinDesk, modified)(CoinDesk, modified)

Opinion

La biografia SBF di Michael Lewis confonderà le persone riguardo Cripto

L'immagine comprensiva dell'autore del presunto truffatore come un tipo strano che nessuno capiva contrasta con la sua rappresentazione delle Cripto come un'industria perversa matura per la supervisione di un adulto, dice Amanda Cassatt.

Is crypto "uniquely" at fault for Sam Bankman-Fried's rise and fall? (CoinDesk, modified)(CoinDesk, modified)

Opinion

La biografía SBF de Michael Lewis confundirá a la gente sobre las Cripto

La imagen comprensiva del autor del presunto estafador como un bicho raro a quien nadie entendía contrasta con su descripción de las Cripto como una industria no buena lista para la supervisión de un adulto, dice Amanda Cassatt.

Is crypto "uniquely" at fault for Sam Bankman-Fried's rise and fall? (CoinDesk, modified)(CoinDesk, modified)

Opinion

Michael Lewis Was Charmed by Sam Bankman-Fried – But So Was Everyone Else

Michael Lewis is getting slammed for a relatively sympathetic portrayal of SBF. The larger question is: Why did so many people fall under Sam’s spell?

Writer Michael Lewis interviews Sam Bankman-Fried at Crypto Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Michael Lewis è rimasto affascinato da Sam Bankman-Fried, ma lo sono stati anche tutti gli altri

Michael Lewis viene criticato per un ritratto relativamente comprensivo di SBF. La domanda più ampia è: perché così tante persone sono cadute sotto SPELL di Sam?

Writer Michael Lewis interviews Sam Bankman-Fried at Crypto Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Michael Lewis ficou encantado com Sam Bankman-Fried – mas todos os outros também

Michael Lewis está sendo criticado por uma representação relativamente simpática da SBF. A questão maior é: por que tantas pessoas caíram no SPELL de Sam?

Writer Michael Lewis interviews Sam Bankman-Fried at Crypto Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)