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 has covered crypto since 2013 and lives in New York.

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Opinion

Tokenized Stocks Aren’t Working (Yet)

On-chain stock trading today is inferior to traditional markets. But we can bet advantages will emerge before too long, says EY’s Paul Brody.

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Opinion

What Bitcoin's Velocity Says About Its Future

Falling on-chain velocity doesn’t necessarily mean bitcoin usage is slowing. In fact, it might just mean we’re looking in the wrong place, says Stefania Barbaglio.

Were bitcoin Maxis right? (nopparit/Getty Images)

Opinion

Red Coin, Blue Coin: The New Politics of Exposure

Bitcoin is politically neutral. But bitcoin treasury vehicles aren’t. Are we buying the coin, or the campaign?

U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Opinion

Regulators Handed the Crypto Industry a 5-Year Head Start. Can Wall Street Catch Up?

Regulatory clarity means that traditional broker-dealers are no longer on the sidelines, says Aaron Kaplan, Co-CEO and founder of Prometheum.

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Tech

Ethereum at 10: What's Next for the World Computer?

After existential hacks, deep upgrades and mass adoption, how will Ethereum evolve from here? Leading players from the ecosystem weigh in.

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Policy

New Lummis Bill Would Back Effort to Ensure Crypto Assets Can Justify U.S. Mortgages

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis introduced another crypto bill, this one meant to reinforce an effort underway to allow use of digital assets in mortgage underwriting.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Crypto Has a Comms Issue

Crypto doesn’t need stadium naming rights, Super Bowl ads and flashy celebrity campaigns. It just needs to post its very credible numbers, say Aubrey Strobel and Elena Nisonoff.

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Opinion

The Protocol of Agents: Web3’s MCP Potential

The combination of Web3 and the influential Model Context Protocol (MCP) might just be a new foundation for decentralized AI, says Jesus Rodriguez, Co-founder of Sentora.

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Opinion

Ethereum Turns 10 — Time to Leave the Trilemma Behind

Decentralization doesn’t have to be a dirty word where performance is concerned, say Muriel Médard, MIT Professor, Co-Founder of Optimum and Kishori Konwar, Co-founder of Optimum.

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Opinion

Still Loving My ‘If It Went to Zero’ NFT

My long relationship with a "Bert Is Evil" on-chain JPEG that may, or may not be, worthless.

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