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

Dave Portnoy: Memecoins are ‘Legalized Ponzi Schemes’

The founder of Barstool Sports will speak at Consensus 2025 on May 15.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell on Building the DeFi-Bond Bridge

Powell, a speaker at Consensus 2025, sat down with CoinDesk to chat about his work on the blockchain capital platform, its expansion in Asia and Latin America, focus on bitcoin yield products, and more.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Opinion

The AI Monetary Hegemony: Why Dollars, Crypto, and Autonomous AIs Will Soon Clash

When AI agents have the ability to create and promote their own cryptos, will humans still control monetary systems? It’s a question we should be thinking about, says Zoltan Istvan, a leading transhumanist thinker.

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Opinion

Beyond Incentives: How to Build Durable DeFi

Jesus Rodriguez outlines eight ways DeFi projects can attract and retain users that don’t revolve around yield farming.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

MoonPay's Ivan Soto-Wright Bets on a Non-Custodial, API-First Future for Crypto

“Cryptocurrency wallets will eventually replace bank accounts," the Consensus 2025 speaker told CoinDesk.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

The GPT Gold Rush Is Failing Crypto Traders

Crypto traders don’t need another ChatGPT wrapper. They need battle-tested copilots built for the thrill of the trade.

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Opinion

5 Ways the SEC Can Embrace Innovation

Tuongvy Le, a former senior SEC attorney, lays out an agenda for the world’s most important regulator to stay ahead of the competition. One approach: adopting blockchain tech.

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Opinion

Is ETH Still Special?

Andy Baehr, Head of Product at CoinDesk Indices, says ETH has yet to find a “growth story” this cycle. Among the CoinDesk 20, it sits in 16th place YTD.

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News Analysis

CoinDesk Weekly Recap: EigenLayer, Kraken, Coinbase, AWS

Controversies, job cuts, too many lobbyists. A lot happened despite a relatively quiet week on the markets.

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Opinion

The Case for User-Owned AI

You self-custody your bitcoin. Why not control your AI agent too? David Minarsch says we shouldn’t be trusting important tasks to rental agents.

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