Benjamin Schiller

Ben Schiller

Ben 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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CBDCs, Tether and Digital Real Estate
A few hot topics of this summer: bitcoin as digital real estate, Tether drama, and central bank announcements.
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The Digital Art Craze: Everyone Is Jumping In
Big news in the world of digital avatars : Visa bought a CryptoPunk and paid with Ethereum.
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Opinionated
Angela Walch: A Realist’s View of the Infrastructure Bill
Walch was a key voice in the recent debate over the infrastructure bill and its cryptocurrency-related tax-reporting provision.
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Angela Walch: A Realist’s View of the Infrastructure Bill
Angela Walch: A Realist’s View of the Infrastructure Bill
An original and independently minded commentator on the crypto industry, Walch was a key voice in the recent debate over the infrastructure bill and its cryptocurrency-related...
Angela Walch: A Realist’s View of the Infrastructure Bill
Is Africa The Next Hotbed of Crypto Adoption? Feat. Anita Posch
Is Africa the Next Hotbed of Crypto Adoption? Feat. Anita Posch
What can crypto do in a country where less than a half of the population has access to the internet?
Is Africa The Next Hotbed of Crypto Adoption? Feat. Anita Posch
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Which Universities Are the Best for Blockchain?
Calling students, academics and industry stakeholders: We need your help to identify the best places to learn about crypto and blockchain technology.
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What If Tether Goes Belly-Up? Feat. Grant Gulovsen
What If Tether Goes Belly-Up? Feat. Grant Gulovsen
Grant Gulovsen is fascinated by the story of Tether, and so are we. Tether is behind the $62 billion stablecoin powering much of the liquidity in the crypto markets. What woul...
What If Tether Goes Belly-Up? Feat. Grant Gulovsen
What Is Latin America’s Love for Bitcoin? Feat. Sebastian Serrano
What Is Latin America’s Love for Bitcoin? Feat. Sebastian Serrano
Latin America has been in the middle of the crypto community’s attention after El Salvador adopted bitcoin as a legal tender. But is it actually a good thing for bitcoin and f...
What Is Latin America’s Love for Bitcoin? Feat. Sebastian Serrano
Jameson Lopp: The History of F-You Money and the Future of Bitcoin
Jameson Lopp: The History of F-You Money and the Future of Bitcoin
Listen to Ben, Anna and Danny talk to Lopp about his views on the challenges of bitcoin adoption, the quality of the DeFi projects he’s involved in and the most exciting proje...
Jameson Lopp: The History of F-You Money and the Future of Bitcoin
Where Did all the Blockchain Consortia Go? Feat. Paul Brody
Where Did All the Blockchain Consortia Go? Feat. Paul Brody
Blockchain industry veteran Paul Brody unpacks why many corporate blockchain projects fail, and what works and doesn’t work when companies adopt decentralized technology.
Where Did all the Blockchain Consortia Go? Feat. Paul Brody