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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Prediction Market Kalshi to Take Bets on Crypto (Settled in Dollars)
The CFTC-regulated platform will let traders bet on how high ETH will go this year and other price outcomes amid renewed interest in both crypto and prediction markets.
Group portrait centered on Isadora Duncan, seated with her hands in her lap holding a crystal ball and gazing downwards. She is surrounded by six other female dancers who are posing in standing, kneeling, or sitting positions, and all gazing at her. In the background are four curtained windows and potted plants.
Fred Ehrsam's Paradigm filed a legal brief to support Kalshi's case against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Stateofthenet.org/Flickr)
Prediction Markets Can Hedge Crypto Startups' Regulatory Risk, Paradigm Says
Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsham's venture capital firm filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Kalshi's case against the CFTC.
Fred Ehrsam's Paradigm filed a legal brief to support Kalshi's case against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Stateofthenet.org/Flickr)
Prediction markets have a better track record than other forecasting methods. (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)
What Prediction Markets Are Forecasting for Crypto in 2024
Which projects will do airdrops? Will Kraken go public? Will OpenSea launch a token? I have no idea, but traders with skin in the game think they do.
Prediction markets have a better track record than other forecasting methods. (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)
Messari CEO and founder Ryan Selkis.
Ryan Selkis Goes to Washington
Ryan Selkis built a political fundraising machine for crypto that's ready to sway elections in 2024. That's why the Messari founder is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential peopl...
Messari CEO and founder Ryan Selkis.
Johnny Carson making a prediction as "Carnac the Magnificent" (Getty Images)
Market Sees 59% Odds Sam Bankman-Fried Is Found Guilty on All Charges – But There's a Catch
Traders on crypto-powered Polymarket have bet a grand total of $4,512 on the question, underscoring the current limitations of prediction markets.
Johnny Carson making a prediction as "Carnac the Magnificent" (Getty Images)
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The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Our Favorite Quotes, So Far
"I don't understand the cryptocurrency,” and other bangers uttered in the courtroom.
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Cody Wilson with a 3D-printed Liberator pistol, in a scene from "Death Atheltic." (Jessica Solce)
Bitcoin Wallet Maker Finances 3D-Printed Gun Documentary
Privacy stalwart Samourai Wallet is an executive producer of "Death Athletic," a forthcoming film about ghost-gun firebrand Cody Wilson.
Cody Wilson with a 3D-printed Liberator pistol, in a scene from "Death Atheltic." (Jessica Solce)
Johnny Carson plays the part of "Carnac the Magnificent" during an episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Prediction Market 'Zeitgeist' to Use CoinDesk Indices for Broad Crypto Bets
Traders will be able to bet on the performance of a basket of DeFi tokens, or of a group of smart contract platforms' native currencies.
Johnny Carson plays the part of "Carnac the Magnificent" during an episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
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Phishing Attack on Cloud Provider With Fortune 500 Clients Led to $15M Crypto Theft From Fortress Trust
CoinDesk has identified the vendor, previously blamed but not named by Fortress for the theft that helped spur the trust company's deal to sell itself to Ripple.
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SEC Chair Gary Gensler at a U.S. Treasury council hearing in October 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
GOP Lawmakers Suggest Gensler's SEC Is Gaming News Cycle to Thwart Crypto Legislation
The regulator's actions seem to have been timed to overshadow and undermine Congressional efforts, Reps. French Hill and Dusty Johnson wrote.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler at a U.S. Treasury council hearing in October 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)