Sam Kessler

Sam is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols. His reporting is focused on decentralized technology, infrastructure and governance. Sam holds a computer science degree from Harvard University, where he led the Harvard Political Review. He has a background in the technology industry and owns some ETH and BTC. Sam was part of the team that won a 2023 Gerald Loeb Award for CoinDesk's coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX collapse.

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Protocol Village: Radix Launches 'RadQuest,' Eclipse Mainnet Opens to Builders

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 25-31.

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)

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Polychain, Lightspeed Lead $7M Fundraise for Math Olympian's Blockchain-Based AI Platform

Hyperbolic's blockchain-based cloud platform aims to make AI affordable to startups, researchers and builders squeezed by surging GPU prices.

Hyperbolic CEO Jasper Zhang (Hyperbolic)

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Blackbird, Web3 Startup From Resy Co-Founder, Wants Diners to Pay for Meals in Crypto

Blackbird Pay would allow diners to pay for their food using $FLY, the cryptocurrency that doubles as loyalty points in Blackbird's restaurant rewards system.

Ben Leventhal, Blackbird founder (Blackbird)

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Jito Releases Open-Source Restaking Service for Solana

The yet-to-implemented codebase allows any Solana-based protocol to use any asset for its economic security.

(Danny Nelson)

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Rollup-in-a-Box Startup Caldera Raises $15M From Peter Thiel's Venture Fund

As Ethereum's Layer-2 ecosystem booms, Caldera's "Metalayer" aims to help developers quickly launch applications across multiple networks.

Citrea says its zero-knowledge rollup will help expand Bitcoin's ability to accommodate NFTs and DeFi. (Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

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Crypto Casino Founder Apologizes for Gambling Away Investor Funds

Galaxy says it has reported a former general partner, Richard Kim, to the authorities for misappropriating at least $3.67 million of company funds belonging to Zero Edge, Kim's crypto casino.

Zkasino has re-opened ether bridge to users. (Carl Raw/Unsplash)

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Exponential.fi Wants to Make It Easier to Invest in DeFi

The platform aims to make it easy to identify opportunities, bridge fiat, assess risk, and invest in crypto all-in-one.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

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Top Crypto VC Says Ex-General Partner Made Undisclosed Side Deal With Portfolio Company

Polychain says Niraj Pant broke the fund's policies by secretly accepting "adviser" tokens from Eclipse.

Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant (Ritual)

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Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology

As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing field of "distributed validator technology," or DVT.

Distributed validator technology involves splitting up the job of running a validator on blockchains like Ethereum. (Onasill/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)