Ash Bennington is cryptocurrency lead at Coindesk. He is a former CNBC reporter whose work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, TheStreet.com, BusinessInsider, and numerous other publications. In addition to reporting on finance and economics, Mr. Bennington was a Vice President of e-Commerce at BB&T. Prior to working at BB&T, he held the title Assistant Vice-President & Technical Expert at Credit Suisse.