Jeff Wilser

Jeff Wilser is the author of 7 books including Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life, The Book of Joe: The Life, Wit, and (Sometimes Accidental) Wisdom of Joe Biden, and an Amazon Best Book of the Month in both Non-Fiction and Humor.

Jeff is a freelance journalist and content marketing writer with over 13 years of experience. His work has been published by The New York Times, New York magazine, Fast Company, GQ, Esquire, TIME, Conde Nast Traveler, Glamour, Cosmo, mental_floss, MTV, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and Comstock's Magazine. He covers a wide range of topics including travel, tech, business, history, dating and relationships, books, culture, blockchain, film, finance, productivity, psychology, and specializes in translating "geek to plain-talk." His TV appearances have ranged from BBC News to the The View.

Jeff also has a strong business background. He began his career as a financial analyst for Intel Corporation, and spent 10 years providing data analysis and customer segmentation insights for a $200 million division of Scholastic Publishing. This makes him a good fit for corporate and business clients. His corporate clients range from Reebok to Kimpton Hotels to AARP.

Jeff is represented by Rob Weisbach Creative Management.

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Consensus Magazine

An Orb, a Token and Money for Everyone: Worldcoin’s CEO on Crypto’s Most Daring Project

Alex Blania on collaborating with OpenAI's Sam Altman on a universal basic income for eight billion people.

Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)

Consensus Magazine

AI Crypto Trading Bots Are the New ‘Edge’ – For Now

Artificial intelligence may kill traditional trading, but your advantage may not last long, says Jeff Wilser.

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Consensus Magazine

Zug: Where Ethereum Was Born and Crypto Goes to Grow Up

What is not to like about the tiny Swiss city where Vitalik Buterin and his cofounders launched Ethereum? The No. 1 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 ranking has it all: regulatory clarity, crypto-friendly banks and a lively crypto job market and events calendar.

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin at Techcrunch London 2015

Consensus Magazine

Lisbon: A Buzzy, Affordable Mecca for Buy-and-Hold Crypto Nomads

Portugal’s coastal capital offers a top-shelf European quality of life at discount prices. The No. 15 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 attracts creative and entrepreneurial expats with a lively calendar of Web3 events, prized “digital nomad” visa and crypto-friendly tax laws.

Stunning view of Lisbon from a manicured green lawn in foreground to the sea on the horizon (Sally Wilson/Pixabay)

Consensus Magazine

Why the XRP Army Keeps Fighting

XRP’s uber-passionate supporters believe the SEC unfairly targeted Ripple for securities violations while mysteriously giving Ethereum a free pass. Do they have a point?

Brad Kimes and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse at XRP Las Vegas, 2023

Consensus Magazine

10 Ways Crypto and AI Can Make Each Other Better (or Maybe Worse)

The hype around artificial intelligence is drawing away capital and talent from Web3. But AI and crypto are overlapping technologies, with potential for each to influence the other, says Jeff Wilser.

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Consensus Magazine

12 Ways Web3 Media Could Embrace AI

From chatbots to deep blockchain data analysis, artificial intelligence can help Web3 news organizations function. But there are plenty of pitfalls too.

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Consensus Magazine

The Making of the Doge Documentary

One of the funnest stories in crypto history – Dogecoin – is getting a documentary. Jeff Wilser checks in with Tridog, one of the producers.

Gary Lachance, an early dogecoin backer and founder of the Decentralized Dance Party (CoinDesk TV)

Consensus Magazine

CoinDesk Turns 10 – 2020: The Rise of the Meme Economy

As the world locked down for COVID, meme-assets like Dogecoin and Disaster Girl grabbed the attention of a younger generation of retail investors. Three years later, memes are driving value across financial markets. This feature is part of our "CoinDesk Turns 10" series.

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Consensus Magazine

CoinDesk Turns 10: The Legacy of Mt. Gox – Why Bitcoin’s Greatest Hack Still Matters

The fall of the Japanese exchange in 2014 caused 750,000 bitcoin to go missing, putting crypto’s future in doubt. The event reverberates to this day, says Jeff Wilser.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)