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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Opinion

The Stablecoin Bill Is a Vital Upgrade for US Financial Plumbing

The Clarity for Payment Stablecoins bill is sensible legislation for technology that could help millions of people, says Circle’s Heath Tarbert, the former chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is leading efforts in the House to pass stablecoin legislation (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk).

Consensus Magazine

‘Elizabeth Warren Chalked the Field’: Former Congressmen Tim Ryan (D) and David McIntosh (R) on the Prospects for Crypto Legislation Before the Election

David McIntosh says the SEC’s approach to crypto “makes the consumer and the investor much more vulnerable.”

The U.S. Congress (buschap/Flickr)

Opinion

Is Hamas Using Crypto to Attack Israel? We Don’t Know

Reports this week about multi-million dollar Hamas crypto financing may have left a faulty impression.

Hamas' military wing to stop accepting bitcoin donations. (Joel Carillet/Getty)

Opinion

The SAFER Banking Act Can End Discriminatory Banking Practices

Designed to dismantle barriers to financial services for marijuana businesses, the bill would be beneficial to crypto companies stripped of banking access, says Cody Carbone.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Westerners See El Salvador as a Template for a New Monetary System

While Bitcoin adoption has been slow since the Central American country made BTC legal tender, expats see the outlines of a whole new financial order, says Jonathan Martin.

A scene celebrating the second year anniversary of El Salvador's Bitcoin law, 2023 (Jonathan Martin/CoinDesk).

Consensus Magazine

Hamas Has Raised Millions in Crypto Donations, WSJ Reports

But the amount is likely small compared to the volume raised in state-sponsor support.

Bodies of Hamas militants in body bags near the border with Gaza on October 11, 2023 (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Opinion

Jim Cramer Doesn't Know Bitcoin

The TV talking head said “Mr. Bitcoin is about to go down big” on CNBC.

Jim Cramer

Consensus Magazine

Digital Asset Recap Q3 2023: Bitcoin and Ether Outperform Wider Market Amid Regulatory Pressure and the Promise of ETFs

The CoinDesk Market Index fell 11% overall as we saw increased bifurcation between established majors (Bitcoin and Ether) and all other digital asset protocols and projects, writes Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.

(Max Good/DALL-E)

Opinion

Crypto Should Ghost the SBF Trial

It’s a distraction for the industry when the focus should be on passing enabling legislation, says Katherine Snow, head of legal at Messari.

(CoinDesk, modified)