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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An Urbit ID is known as a planet. (NASA/Getty Images)
Urbit Courts DAOs, Crypto Teams in Quest to Make Internet P2P Again
A wildly ambitious project to reinvent the entire internet computing stack is finally shipping usable apps after a decade-plus of laying groundwork. Can it overcome a “janky”...
An Urbit ID is known as a planet. (NASA/Getty Images)
New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin at CoinDesk's Invest 2018 (CoinDesk)
Bitcoiners Owe Andrew Ross Sorkin a Big Thank You
By successfully campaigning to further politicize the payments system, The New York Times columnist just made value-neutral cryptocurrency networks more valuable in the long t...
New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin at CoinDesk's Invest 2018 (CoinDesk)
Consensus 2022, which kicks off Thursday in Austin, Texas, will be an occasion to experiment with new tokens and incentive models. (Joanne Po/CoinDesk)
Why DESK? The Big Idea Behind CoinDesk’s Relaunched Social Token
Our goal is a more direct relationship with our audience and the expansion of a community of engaged participants that’s independent of Web 2 platforms.
Consensus 2022, which kicks off Thursday in Austin, Texas, will be an occasion to experiment with new tokens and incentive models. (Joanne Po/CoinDesk)
ANCIENT HISTORY? The era of Bitcoin analyzed in a new study long predated the advent of specialized mining machines. (Jacqueline Martinez/Unsplash)
New Research Unearths Insights Into Satoshi and Bitcoin’s Early Days
The paper makes no claims about the Bitcoin network today, more than a decade after the end of the period analyzed. But it underscores well-known and longstanding privacy chal...
ANCIENT HISTORY? The era of Bitcoin analyzed in a new study long predated the advent of specialized mining machines. (Jacqueline Martinez/Unsplash)
Vitalik Buterin at ETHDenver 2022 (Jordan Muthra/CoinDesk)
Vitalik Buterin Calls Canada's Use of Banks to Stifle Protestors 'Dangerous'
Decentralized systems are not about lawlessness but rather a return to rule of law, the Ethereum founder said in an interview at ETHDenver.
Vitalik Buterin at ETHDenver 2022 (Jordan Muthra/CoinDesk)
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Important Disclosure About CoinDesk and Digital Currency Group
Beginning in 2022, certain CoinDesk editors and reporters will be offered exposure to DCG equity (not stock itself) as part of their compensation packages. Here’s why.
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Building on the News: Introducing Layer 2 by CoinDesk
Our new digital magazine goes beyond the daily headlines to put crypto and blockchain developments in perspective.
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The Downside of Programmable Money
Software bugs aren’t the half of it, says Steven Kelly of Yale in a Q&A with CoinDesk. “You can’t preprogram the exigencies of a crisis.”
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Why Bitcoin Is Worth at Least a Penny
As the cryptocurrency hits another all-time high, investors unfamiliar with the asset class may wonder why it has value at all. Here’s a brief explanation.
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Strike CEO Jack Mallers (Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Strike Users in US Can Now Get Paid in Bitcoin
Tested with professional athletes, the service is now widely available in 48 U.S. states.
Strike CEO Jack Mallers (Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)