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 NFTs from the Oekaki (pictured), SSRWives and Gwar collections.

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler at a U.S. Treasury council hearing in October 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
GOP Lawmakers Suggest Gensler's SEC Is Gaming News Cycle to Thwart Crypto Legislation
The regulator's actions seem to have been timed to overshadow and undermine Congressional efforts, Reps. French Hill and Dusty Johnson wrote.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler at a U.S. Treasury council hearing in October 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Color lithographic illustration (by Currier & Ives) titled 'Little White Kitties, Fishing' shows two kittens as they peer into a fishbowl, one dipping its paw in the water where two, orange-colored fish swim, 1871. (Photo by Library of Congress/Interim Archives/Getty Images)
Transparency for the Whales, Privacy for the Plebs
Identifying the owners of crypto wallets may level the playing field for retail traders. But if taken too far it could be weaponized against the weak.
Color lithographic illustration (by Currier & Ives) titled 'Little White Kitties, Fishing' shows two kittens as they peer into a fishbowl, one dipping its paw in the water where two, orange-colored fish swim, 1871. (Photo by Library of Congress/Interim Archives/Getty Images)
Consensus Executive Editor Marc Hochstein interviewed Nym Technologies security consultant and U.S. government whistleblower Chelsea Manning at CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 conference. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Introducing CoinDesk’s First-Ever ‘Consensus @ Consensus’ Report
Based on intimate, curated group discussions that took place at Consensus 2023, it covers a wide range of pressing issues for the digital assets industry.
Consensus Executive Editor Marc Hochstein interviewed Nym Technologies security consultant and U.S. government whistleblower Chelsea Manning at CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 conference. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
At Consensus 2023, CoinDesk is tackling the biggest issues in crypto through intimate conversations with many of the industry's best and brightest (CoinDesk)
Introducing CoinDesk’s ‘Consensus at Consensus’ Project
Intimate group discussions at Consensus 2023 will seek solutions to the crypto industry’s thorniest challenges.
At Consensus 2023, CoinDesk is tackling the biggest issues in crypto through intimate conversations with many of the industry's best and brightest (CoinDesk)
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CoinDesk Wins a Polk Award, One of Journalism's Top Prizes, for Explosive FTX Coverage
Three stories were honored, including Ian Allison’s scoop that led to Sam Bankman-Fried’s $32 billion crypto empire collapsing in days.
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Sen. Carter Glass and Rep. Henry Steagall, authors of the Depression-era U.S. law that separated investment banking and commercial banking for decades. (Wikimedia Commons)
You Want Crypto Regulation? I’ll Give You Crypto Regulation
Maybe Congress should separate custody from exchange, the way it severed Wall Street from commercial banking nearly a century ago. This piece is part of CoinDesk’s Policy Week...
Sen. Carter Glass and Rep. Henry Steagall, authors of the Depression-era U.S. law that separated investment banking and commercial banking for decades. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Miladys NFT Community Is the Counterculture to Cancel Culture
The uncanny, anime-inspired, profile pictures invite conversations about whether the sins of the creator are laid upon the creation. That’s why the Miladys NFT community is on...
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Balaji Srinivasan (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Pinning the Idea of ‘Network States’ on the Map
Balaji Srinivasan's thesis of forming countries online underpins a thought-provoking bestseller and maybe a new asset class – earning him a spot on CoinDesk’s Most Influential...
Balaji Srinivasan (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
Vitalik Buterin's 'Proof of Stake': The CoinDesk Megareview
What a decade of essays – covering everything from Soulbound tokens to superrational DAOs – says about Ethereum and crypto.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
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The Art of Trading Without Trading
Dollar-cost averaging may be better for your crypto portfolio – and your soul – than active trading. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Trading Week.
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