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.

Sam Kessler

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Политика

Former Cred Executives Indicted on Wire Fraud, Other Charges

The defunct crypto lender filed for bankruptcy in 2020.

The U.S. Department of Justice (Getty Images).

Обучение

What Is Restaking? What Is Liquid Restaking? What Is EigenLayer?

EigenLayer and similar "restaking" protocols are currently the buzziest investment in blockchain, but the technology isn't without risks.

Recycling (Pawel Czerwinski/Unsplash)

Технологии

Web3 Publishing Platform Mirror Sells to Paragraph, Pivots to Social App 'Kiosk'

Mirror and Paragraphs are rivals in the Web3 publishing space, and their deal allows Mirror's team to operate as an independent company focused exclusively on social media.

Lybra Finance launched its version 2 test network on Arbitrum Wednesday morning. (Getty Images)

Финансы

Restaking 'Gold Rush' Spreads to Solana From Ethereum, With Jito and Others Joining In

The race is on to build a dominant restaking protocol for Solana.

Solana Hacker House in Miami (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Технологии

Movement Labs Raises $38M for Rollup Based on Facebook's Move Language

Movement's 21 and 24-year-old co-founders say they are on a mission to "make blockchain security sexy" with the launch of their L2.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Технологии

Galaxy, Lightspeed Faction Lead $15M Raise for Turnkey, Crypto Wallet Startup From Former Coinbase Employees

The company from ex-Coinbase employees aims to help developers build better blockchain wallets.

Turnkey co-founders Jack Kearney and Bryce Ferguson (Turnkey)

Технологии

Patched Cosmos Bug Could've Put $150M At Risk, Says Firm That Reported It

The reentrancy bug was discovered by Asymmetric Research, a core contributor to the Wormhole interoperability protocol.

Artistic rendering of the GitHub page where the Cosmos "reentrancy vulnerability" was described. (GitHub)

Технологии

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)