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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Mark Cuban-Backed Nifty's Hires Law Pro as IP Questions Dog NFT Market
As chief legal officer, Olta Andoni will be navigating uncharted waters, given the novel and complex issues posed by NFTs.
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'Satoshi's Birthday': April 5 Is a Day to Be Thankful for Bitcoin
The 88th anniversary of FDR's executive order 6102 brings a sobering reminder of the value of confiscation-resistant currency.
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Crypto as a Payment System? Here We Go Again
How many users will take advantage of PayPal’s Crypto at Checkout feature? Skepticism is warranted, given the technology’s track record in commerce, says CoinDesk's executive...
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Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Marketing Coup
By embracing bitcoiners, Tesla is likely to make more sales among that crowd even if they pay in fiat. Any extra BTC the carmaker gets is gravy.
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On Covering the NFT Hype
In a bull market, people new to crypto will seek out any information they can, from serious to silly. What should they find?
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'Shark Tank' Star: Wall Street Investors Need to Know How Their BTC Is Mined
Bitcoin mined with dirty energy sources like coal could be frowned upon like "blood diamonds," VC investor and reality TV star Kevin O'Leary claims.
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How Bananas and Mortgages Can Explain the NFT Craze
A banana can be removed from its peel. A loan can be separated from the right to bill you every month. Now NFTs have cleaved bragging rights from artwork. What these things ar...
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7 Crypto Limericks to Brighten Your Friday
"There was a young man named Vitalik..."
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Dapps Don't Care About Your Feelings
By testing the limits of what's permissible on Binance Smart Chain, anonymous developers are testing whether it's really a blockchain.
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Internet Deplatforming as Class Warfare
Protecting democracy from misinformation and hate speech? More like preventing everyday people from communicating with each other.
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