Marc Hochstein

Marc Hochstein

As Executive Editor of Consensus, Marc is responsible for driving the narrative vision and content for CoinDesk's flagship event. He also sets CoinDesk's editorial standards and acts as ombudsman for our industry-leading news team.

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.

Marc holds BTC above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000; marginal amounts of ETH, XMR and ZEC; an Urbit planet (~fodrex-malmev); two ENS domain names (MarcHochstein.eth and MarcusHNYC.eth); and two NFTs from the metal band Gwar.

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One Marshmallow Now, or Two Bitcoins in 15 Minutes?
Bitcoin has taught its early adopters the value of delayed gratification, giving the lie to the old saw that cryptocurrency serves no social purpose.
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Bitfinex Hires Law Firm to Challenge Critics
Bitfinex has hired white-shoe law firm Steptoe & Johnson and said it may sue a pseudonymous blogger who has accused the bitcoin exchange of fraud.
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Bitfinex and Tether Break Silence, Go on Media Blitz
One of the world's largest bitcoin exchanges is pushing back against allegations its business is engaging in improper market practices.
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Crypto Corrupts the Youth? South Korea Prime Minister Says So
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon reportedly frets about kids selling drugs and pyramid schemes while regulators draft rules for South Korea's exchanges.
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Bitcoin 'Ought to Be Outlawed,' Economist Joseph Stiglitz Says
Bitcoin "doesn’t serve any socially useful function," says Joseph Stiglitz, a former World Bank chief economist and adviser to the U.S. president.
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Credit for Cryptos: Leverage Trading Is Coming to Bitcoin
The arrival of institutional investors has created openings for services similar to the prime brokerage that banks have long provided to hedge funds.
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Crying Wolf? Why You Can't Ignore Crypto Scam Claims
Sorting the signal from the noise may be harder in the cryptocurrency space than almost anywhere else.
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Who Invented Pants? Why Crypto Creators' Identities Don't Matter
The identity or character of a creator has little bearing on the value of the creation – that's why the obsession with unmasking Satoshi was so silly.
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Report Warns SAFT May Increase Legal Risk of Token Sales
Making ICOs compliant while delivering on their disruptive promise may be a harder needle to thread than the SAFT plan anticipates, a new paper says.
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I'll Give You My Bitcoin When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Hands
Unlike money in the bank, cryptocurrency can't be unilaterally seized by governments, clawing back a modicum of power for the individual.
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