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 SEC Has Started an All-In Political Battle Over Crypto

The SEC's lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase are likely to play out across the U.S.'s legal and political system over several years, says Michael Casey.

Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

Opinion

Can Binance Survive the SEC's Charges?

Don’t bet against someone with eight million Twitter followers who built by far the largest crypto exchange.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

ConsenSys Faces Shareholder Vote Over Controversial Transfer of Company Assets

The Ethereum developer is accused of squeezing former employees out of shares held in a previous incarnation of the company. The case, which could have wide-ranging consequences for ConsenSys, reaches its next stage today.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin speaks at ETHDenver 2022 (Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

12 Ways Web3 Media Could Embrace AI

From chatbots to deep blockchain data analysis, artificial intelligence can help Web3 news organizations function. But there are plenty of pitfalls too.

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Consensus Magazine

The Petrodollar and Its Discontents Point to Bitcoin's Role in the Financial Future

Recent moves by Saudi Arabia, Russia and China have raised fears that the U.S. dollar could lose its preferred status for oil trading. And yet alternative national currencies aren’t that appealing. Could a Bitcoin-like currency do better?

Northeastern Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border (Wayne Eastep/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Gary Gensler’s Evolving Position on Crypto – in Quotes

The SEC chair has gone from supporting the technology at MIT to a full-swing offensive on the crypto industry.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, on Capitol Hill, September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Opinion

What AI Governance Can Learn From Crypto’s Decentralization Ethos

Prominent critics of AI development are calling for government intervention to stave off the threat of human extinction. But we need more than centralized regulation of this industry, argues Michael J. Casey.

OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

CoinDesk Turns 10: 2015 – Vitalik Buterin and the Birth of Ethereum

The most used blockchain is supposed to be immutable. So why has it changed so much from its founding? This feature is part of our CoinDesk Turns 10 series.

Founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin during TechCrunch Disrupt London 2015 (John Phillips/Creative Commons/CC2.0, modified by CoinDesk)