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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Coindesk News

El Salvador Dispatch: Searching for Bitcoin City, the Modern El Dorado

President Nayib Bukele vowed to build Bitcoin City on the Conchagua volcano. CoinDesk went looking for signs of construction.

The Conchagua volcano facing the Gulf of Fonseca (Esaú Fuentes González, Unsplash)

Tech

The Protocol: Can Based Rollups Solve Ethereum’s Layer-2 Problem?

Also: Lido goes modular; Uniswap finally launches Unichain

Sushi rollup

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Adam Back Wants CBDCs Dead

The OG cypherpunk and founder of Blockstream talks about building a bitcoin-based financial system and why state-issued digital currency is nothing like BTC. Back is a speaker at Consensus Hong Kong Feb. 18-20.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Coindesk News

El Salvador Dispatch: Berlín, the Bitcoin Marvel Hidden in the Mountains

Berlín, a city of 20,000 people, is home to El Salvador’s second Bitcoin circular economy. “Bitcoin City already exists. It’s called Berlín,” said one resident.

Berlín’s Bitcoin Community Center, viewed from the street. (Credit: Tom Carreras)

Opinion

Why Trump Is Right on a Digital Currency Reserve

Holding BTC is not necessarily an endorsement, but it’s definitely in the interests of the United States as it looks to become a fintech powerhouse, argues Chip Daniels, chief executive officer of Salomon Brothers.

President Donald Trump signs executive orders

Opinion

Why We Need a Bipartisan Stablecoin Bill – Gillibrand

The new Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act lays the groundwork for a new era of American exceptionalism, says Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York.

capitol hill washington

Opinion

RWA Tokenization Is Going to Trillions Much Faster Than You Think

A new report from Security Token Market forecasts $30 trillion in asset tokenization by 2030, led by stocks, real estate, bonds and gold.

(Shubham Dhage/ Unsplash)

Coindesk News

Weekly Recap: Crypto Debanking in the Spotlight

Plus: news on stablecoin legislation, Ondo, Berachain, (Micro)Strategy and Ethereum’s future.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley testifies in the Senate

Opinion

How To Fix Ethereum's Fragmentation Problem

With over 50 L2s and more in development, Ethereum has become a maze of isolated chains. Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of Risk Labs explains how a new standard, known as ERC-7683, could help make cross-chain actions easier.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades (Wikipedia)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

Crypto and Boxing to Converge at Consensus HK in Lethal One-Two Combination

Attendees at this year’s conference will be able to experience a unique live event that’s tapping into a cultural moment.

Ansem vs. Bitboy CFN