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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Tech

Union Labs Plans Polygon-to-Cosmos Bridge with New AggLayer Integration

The new technology from Union Labs comes after the blockchain interoperability project raised $4 million in November.

Union Labs team (Union Labs)

Tech

Worldcoin, Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain

The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains.

Worldcoin's iris-scanning technology is being questioned by regulators (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Falls 8%, Drops Below $62K Before Rebound

Other major cryptocurrencies saw similar declines.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Tech

Ether.Fi Inks $500M Restaking Deal With RedStone Oracles

Under its deal with RedStone, Ether.Fi will dedicate $500 million to help secure RedStone's data oracles, which are used to pass information between blockchains and the outside world.

Ether.Fi CEO Mike Silagadze (CoinDesk, modified using PhotoMosh)

Tech

Ethereum's Next Upgrade, 'Pectra,' Could Include Relief for Institutional Stakers, Wallet UX Improvements

Developers' aim with Pectra is to make some minor code changes while simultaneously working on a bigger code change, Verkle trees, for the following upgrade.

Prague

Tech

EigenLayer, Crypto's Biggest Project Launch This Year, Is Still Missing Crucial Functionality

The "restaking" protocol with $15 billion in deposits won't pay rewards to depositors and is missing its mission-critical "slashing" feature.

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

EigenLayer and EigenDA Launch on Ethereum Mainnet

The launch comes after $12 billion has already been deposited into the protocol.

EigenLayer CEO Sreeram Kannan (University of Michigan, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Venture Firm A16z Releases Jolt, a 'Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine'

The release is the product of a16z's first foray into deep tech research.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)