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 holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

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Consensus Toronto 2025 Coverage

Muriel Médard: Web3 Has a Memory Problem — And We Finally Have a Fix

A world computer needs a memory that’s not just decentralized but also efficient, scalable, and reliable. We can build it using Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC), says Muriel Médard, co-founder of Optimum, which offers memory infrastructure for any blockchain. Médard is the co-inventor of RLNC, which she has developed over two decades of MIT research.

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Opinión

Go Fast, Get Rekt

Three rules as companies finally adopt blockchain tech for real. By Paul Brody, EY.

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Opinión

23andMe Is a Wake-Up Call on Data Sovereignty

Whether the Sei Foundation buys 23andMe, or not, the genetic data company’s bankruptcy shows the perils of centralized data collection and how blockchains can protect the public, says Phil Mataras, founder and CEO of decentralized cloud network AR.IO.

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Mercados

Innovation Amid Yield Compression: DeFi Lending Markets in Q1 2025

While yields across major lending platforms have compressed significantly, innovation at the market's edges demonstrates DeFi's continued maturation and growth, says Ryan Rodenbaugh, CEO of Wallfacer Labs, the team behind vaults.fyi.

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Opinión

Why Emerging Economies Need Strategic Crypto Reserves

As countries like the U.S. and El Salvador buy bitcoin, yours should too.

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Opinión

Decentralized Commerce Agents Will Finally Give Us Perfect Markets

The combination of AI agents and crypto represent a fundamental realignment of economic coordination, says Justin Banon, founder of Boson and Fermion Protocols.

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Coindesk News

CoinDesk Weekly Recap: Stablecoins, Stablecoins, Stablecoins

Wyoming, Fidelity, Trump, Japan. They all want them.

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Tecnología

Manufacturers Are Building ASICs That Look More Like Servers. Here’s Why: Blockspace

Bitcoin miners, hoping for more efficiency, are increasingly marching in step with the traditional datacenter industry, says Colin Harper of Blockspace.

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Opinión

The $LIBRA Debacle: Political Endorsements Are Driving Rug Pulls

Crypto has struggled for years to get acceptance. Political meme coins could ruin this progress very quickly, says Agne Linge, Head of Growth at WeFi.

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Tecnología

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live

Also: Hyperliquid Eases Token Transfers for DeFi With Integration Between HyperCore and HyperEVM; Celo Migration to Layer-2 Network Is Done, Bringing in New Era for the Blockchain; Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

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