Marc Hochstein

Executive Editor for Consensus

As Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Features, Opinion, Ethics and Standards, Marc oversaw CoinDesk's long-form content, set editorial policies and acted as the ombudsman for our industry-leading newsroom. He also spearheaded our nascent coverage of prediction markets and helped compile The Node, our daily email newsletter rounding up the biggest stories in crypto.

From November 2022 to June 2024 Marc was the Executive Editor of Consensus, CoinDesk's flagship annual event. He joined CoinDesk in 2017 as a managing editor and has steadily added responsibilities over the years.

Marc is a veteran journalist with more than 25 years' experience, including 17 years at the trade publication American Banker, the last three as editor-in-chief, where he was responsible for some of the earliest mainstream news coverage of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

DISCLOSURE: Marc holds BTC above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000; marginal amounts of ETH, SOL, XMR, ZEC, MATIC and EGIRL; an Urbit planet (~fodrex-malmev); two ENS domain names (MarcHochstein.eth and MarcusHNYC.eth); and NFTs from the Oekaki (pictured), Lil Skribblers, SSRWives, and Gwar collections.

Latest from Marc Hochstein

Policy

Money Reimagined: Who Are the Real Monsters?

Next to the frightening creatures of the legacy financial system, bitcoin is the normal, wholesome outlier, like the niece from TV’s “The Munsters.”

Oct 30, 2020

Markets

Read CoinDesk’s New, Expanded Ethics Policy

As part of our ongoing efforts to be maximally transparent and accountable to readers, CoinDesk has substantially updated and expanded its ethics policy.

Sep 24, 2020

Finance

Crypto and Fintech Investor Ribbit Capital Files to Raise $350M for 'Blank Check' IPO

While it's unclear how much Ribbit Leap will focus on crypto or blockchain acquisitions, it comes at a time of renewed exuberance in the sector.

Aug 26, 2020

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Finance

INX Crypto Exchange to Launch $117M IPO Next Week

INX Ltd. said it will launch its long-awaited landmark IPO as soon as Monday, capping a nearly two-year journey for the startup cryptocurrency and security token exchange.

Aug 21, 2020

Men working the floor at the Chicago Board of Trade, 1949. (

Policy

Money Reimagined: Let’s Be Privacy Scolds

Technical solutions to protect financial privacy may not suffice. Stronger cultural norms around minding one’s own business are needed as well.

Jul 31, 2020

Coindesk News

Scammers Are Forging CoinDesk Emails – Here’s How to Protect Yourself

Scammers are forging CoinDesk newsletters in phishing emails. Here’s how to spot them and protect yourself.

Jul 29, 2020

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Policy

FBI Report on Laundering by Private Funds Cites OneCoin Fraud in All but Name

OneCoin, an infamous crypto fraud, makes an uncredited cameo in a leaked FBI intelligence bulletin on the money-laundering risks of investment funds.

Jul 15, 2020

Markets

Why CoinDesk Respects Pseudonymity: A Stand Against Doxxing

If you’re going to reveal someone’s personal information without their consent, you better have a damn good reason to do it, writes our executive editor.

Jun 23, 2020

Policy

US Lawmaker Calls Libra's Revamp Insufficient

Rep. Sylvia Garcia's comments suggest libra's roots as a Facebook initiative remain a political liability despite the consortium's steps to sate critics.

Apr 17, 2020

LIBRA WHO? "There are simply too many questions left unanswered regarding why Facebook is even developing a cryptocurrency," says Rep. Sylvia Garcia. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Figure Technologies Securitizes $150M of Home Equity Loans on Blockchain

The deal may serve as a showcase for DLT’s benefits to Wall Street at a time when such use cases no longer generate the same buzz as five years ago.

Mar 11, 2020

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