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

Sam Altman: The World That Sam Made

From ChatGPT to Worldcoin, Sam Altman changed everything in 2023.

Image of individual who looks like Sam Altman staring into orb

Consensus Magazine

Brian Armstrong of Coinbase Is Crypto's Last Big Man Standing

With CZ gone at Binance, and SBF set for prison, Brian Armstrong is the biggest big gun still in the hot seat. Having launched its own layer-2 blockchain and derivatives exchange this year, and ETFs looking poised to launch in 2024, Coinbase looks well positioned to ride crypto's next wave.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Gary Gensler: The Crypto Lightning Rod Who Runs the SEC

No regulator or law enforcement official had as much influence on crypto this year. But is the SEC chair singled out too much by critics?

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

PayPal's Jose Fernandez da Ponte: Stablecoins for All

The payments giant debuted its own Ethereum-based U.S. dollar stablecoin this year, offering serious competition to existing market leaders such as Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC.

Mason Webb/CoinDesk

Consensus Magazine

Paolo Ardoino: The Hardest Working Man in Crypto

The newly promoted CEO of Tether is looking to diversify the firm's investments after a banner year where the stablecoin giant is on track to profit $4.5 billion.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

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 people of 2023.

Messari CEO and founder Ryan Selkis.

Consensus Magazine

Casey Rodarmor: The Bitcoin Artist

His "Ordinals Theory," allowing data inscription on Bitcoin, generated a backlash from Bitcoiners who said it will ruin the network. But Rodarmor remains undeterred.

Casey Rodarmor, who shook up Bitcoin with Ordinals (Rhett Mankind)

Opinion

‘A Politician Masquerading as a Regulator’ – 3 Takeaways From Fortune's Gary Gensler Profile

An in-depth magazine story about the SEC chair reveals the breadth of the man’s ambition and the limitations of his record.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

2024 Will Be the Year Tokenization Truly (Finally) Begins

After several years of being the next-big-thing, next year will be when tokenization of real-world assets really takes off, says Colin Butler, Global Head of Institutional Capital at Polygon Labs.

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