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 Magazine

Machankura 2.0: Turning Feature Phones Into Bitcoin Hardware Wallets

When Kgothatso Ngako launched Machankura two years ago, he enabled Africans to transact bitcoin via feature phones for the first time. Now, he’s on the verge of helping Africans self custody their bitcoin, as well.

Kgothatso Ngako presenting at the 2023 African Bitcoin Conference in Ghana. (Frank Corva)

Opinyon

Blockchains Will Upend Economies of Scale

The tokenization of industrial processes will produce a revolution in competition between companies of different sizes, says Paul Brody, head of blockchain at EY.

Ford's River Rouge plan in Dearborn, Michigan (Joe Clark/Wikimedia Commons)

Opinyon

The Biggest Bank Heist in History Is Coming

Regulators are permitting banks to tokenize financial assets such as bank deposits, U.S. Treasuries and corporate debt. But they want institutions to use permissioned networks rather than the decentralized blockchains that keep assets safe from hackers.

(Jason Pofahl/Unsplash)

Consensus Magazine

Qatar’s Sovereign Fund Might Be Buying Bitcoin, But Surely Not $500B Worth

Government-led investments in crypto are increasingly plausible – but not at that rumored size.

Doha, Qatar (Pexels/Pixabay)

Markets

Why Prime Brokers Could Be a Source of Crypto Contagion

Prime brokers are a new source of liquidity in this cycle, which could be good and bad in the long-run, says Phillip Moran, CEO of the Digital Opportunities Group.

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Finance

Why Diversification Matters for Crypto, Too

The rise of Bitcoin may tempt investors to ask “Why Not 100% Bitcoin?” Here’s why.

(Unsplash+/ Getty Images)

Opinyon

We Have to Make It Easier For People to Own Crypto Directly (Not Just With ETFs)

The success of bitcoin ETFs reminds us to continue improving accessibility and lower entry barriers to bitcoin and Web3, says Binance’s CTO Rohit Wad.

Analysts differ on bitcoin's ultimate reaction to a spot ETF (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

How the SEC's Recent Win May Play in Its Coinbase, Binance Cases

A judge ruled that secondary market transactions violated securities law.

SEC office (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Technology

Liquid Restaking Tokens: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?

LRTs repurpose staked ether to support external systems like rollups and oracles with an economic security layer, explains Marcin Kazmierczak, Co-Founder of RedStone & Warp.cc.

(Herson Rodriguez/Unsplash)

Finance

Digital Assets Innovation Needs to Balance Decentralization and Security

The immaturity of security controls in DeFi is a challenge for institutional adoption. Here’s how to address that.

(Possessed Photography/ Unsplash)