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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Tech

Cosmos-Based Juno Blockchain Pushed Offline in Apparent Attack

A malicious smart contract has put the network out of commission for over 24 hours and comes less than a month after a controversial governance vote.

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Layer 2

Ronin Attack Shows Cross-Chain Crypto Is a ‘Bridge’ Too Far

Last week’s $625 million exploit of the Axie Infinity sidechain underscores the risks of sacrificing decentralization for scale, Ethereum boosters say.

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Tech

DeFi Lender Inverse Finance Exploited for $15.6M

It is the third multimillion-dollar crypto attack to make headlines in recent days.

(Emil Kalibradov/Unsplash)

Tech

Ola Finance Exploited for $3.6M in Re-Entrancy Attack

The attack targeted Fuse Lending, which is an implementation of Ola Finance on the EVM-compatible Fuse blockchain.

(Denny Müller/Unsplash)

Finance

Money Continues to Pour Into GameFi, but Will Developers Follow?

One of the hottest sectors for investors is seeing mixed reactions from top talent.

GameFi investors are still chasing the next Axie. (Jakub Sisulak/Unsplash)

Layer 2

Crypto Carbon: Can Blockchain Networks Fix Carbon Offsets?

A budding movement within the crypto industry says it can keep carbon out of the atmosphere by locking it on a blockchain. Can it succeed?

(Spencer Watson/Unsplash)

Finance

Acala, VCs Commit $250M for Polkadot DeFi Investments

The fund will back companies with use cases for Acala’s aUSD stablecoin.

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Finance

Katie Haun’s New Fund Joins $10M Round for Polkadot Lending Protocol Moonwell

The project will enable users to take out over-collateralized loans on Polkadot’s EVM-compatible Moonbeam parachain.

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Finance

Ethereum Staking Protocol Swell Raises $3.75M as Locked ETH Tops $26B

Swell is attempting to make it easier to stake on Ethereum and eventually other blockchains.

Swell (Jeremy Bishop/Unsplash)

Finance

Pantera Leads $4M Seed Round for Streamlined Cross-Chain Bridge

Swim Protocol wants to make it easier for users to swap native assets across blockchains.

(Jonathan Chng/Unsplash)