Marc Hochstein

Marc Hochstein

As Executive Editor of Consensus, Marc is responsible for driving the narrative vision and content for CoinDesk's flagship event. He also sets CoinDesk's editorial standards and acts as ombudsman for our industry-leading news team.

Marc is a veteran journalist with more than 25 years' experience, including 17 years at the trade publication American Banker, the last three as editor-in-chief, where he was responsible for some of the earliest mainstream news coverage of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

Marc holds BTC above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000; marginal amounts of ETH, XMR and ZEC; an Urbit planet (~fodrex-malmev); two ENS domain names (MarcHochstein.eth and MarcusHNYC.eth); and NFTs from the Oekaki (pictured), SSRWives and Gwar collections.

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L-R: Meltem Demirors, Arthur Breitman, Kathleen Breitman at Money2020 in 2017. Photo by Marc Hochstein
Tezos Founders on ICO Controversy: 'This Will Blow Over'
In their first public appearance since Tezos' governance issues made headlines, Kathleen and Arthur Breitman projected confidence in the ICO project.
L-R: Meltem Demirors, Arthur Breitman, Kathleen Breitman at Money2020 in 2017. Photo by Marc Hochstein
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BitGo to Use Civic ID Service for Royal Mint's Digital Gold Trial
Blockchain startup Civic is to provide identity verifying services for wallets used to store the U.K. Royal Mint's gold-backed cryptocurrency.
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BitLicense, Lawsky
Lawsky: ICO Fever Could Bring Cryptocurrency Backlash
Benjamin Lawsky, the former regulator behind New York's BitLicense, warned that recent ICO excesses could bring a hammer down on the entire industry.
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Foxconn Backs $16 Million Series B for Bitcoin Startup Abra
Abra founder Bill Barhydt now envisions that bitcoin micropayments and smart contracts, combined with IoT, can underpin a new type of consumer credit.
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money2020
Blockchain for Inclusion? Gates Foundation Strikes Tepid Tone at Money2020
While it sees potential for distributed ledgers in supporting its mission, the Gates Foundation also notes limitations to the technology.
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Broadridge Pilots Blockchain for Repo Trades With French Banks
The investor services firm worked with Natixis and Societe Generale on the pilot, which was based on the Hyperledger Fabric codebase.
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Blythe Masters
$40 Million: Digital Asset Holdings Closes Series B Fundraising
The enterprise blockchain startup has raised another $40 million in funding and hired a former Microsoft executive.
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IBM, Hyperledger Join Blockchain Identity Consortium
The two enterprise blockchain heavyweights join a diverse group of partners, ranging from other big corporates (Microsoft, Accenture) to startups.
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Dubai Land Department Launches Blockchain Real Estate Initiative
The Dubai Land Department is framing a new real estate blockchain as a way to build investor confidence and add conveniences for tenants.
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rogoff, kenneth
Ex-IMF Economist Kenneth Rogoff Joins 'Bitcoin Will Collapse' Chorus
A former IMF economist has joined the chorus of critical voices on bitcoin of late, going so far as to predict that its price will collapse.
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