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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Markets

MOVE Jumps 20% on Trump-Linked World Liberty Fi Token Purchase, Musk's DOGE Involvement

"Our papers have never hit the DOGE desk," Rushi Manche, co-founder of Movement Labs, told CoinDesk. "There's a lot of speculation in the rumors."

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tech

DAO Governance Platform Agora Acquires Older Competitor, Boardroom

Industry insiders hope that regulatory clarity under a Trump administration might renew interest in decentralized governance.

boardroom

Tech

TRUMP Coin's Biggest Critics Are Crypto Industry Insiders

Trump-supporting crypto professionals have been particularly scathing about the family's recent meme coin projects.

Donald J. Trump at a 2016 rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Tech

Lido Co-Founder Teases 'Second Foundation' for Ethereum Amid Community Backlash

Vitalik Butern's proposal for an Ethereum Foundation restructuring has unveiled deep rifts within the network's community.

Lido's boosters say it has helped keep Etheruem staking from falling into the hands of a few large actors. (Image by Mason Webb)

Tech

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Goes on Offense Amid Major Leadership Shake-up

Buterin labeled inflammatory X posts about the head of the Ethereum Foundation as "pure evil."

Vitalik Buterin

Tech

Ethereum Developers Finally Schedule ‘Pectra’ Upgrade

Pectra is a "hard fork" of Ethereum encompassing an array of wallet, staking, and efficiency improvements.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades (Wikipedia)

Tech

The Protocol: Sony Launches Blockchain to Controversy

Also: Bubblemaps roadmap; Babylon interoperability

Bubbles in Laundromat

Tech

Sony’s Layer-2 Blockchain 'Soneium' Goes Live

The 78-year-old technology giant is the latest big name company to release a blockchain using Optimism's OP Stack.

Sony Block Solutions Lab Director Sota Watanabe (Startale Labs)

Tech

The Protocol: Hyperliquid Responds to Decentralization Criticism

Also: Ripple’s Chainlink deal; Pyth partners with Revolut

liquid hand

Finance

Solana Pushes Validators to Test Early 'Firedancer' Upgrade

The upgrade from Jump Crypto could drastically boost transaction throughput, helping Solana support legacy financial markets.

Jump Chief Science Officer Kevin Bowers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)