Latest from Sam Kessler
Dune Launches Dashboard Tracking $2.5B Lost to Crypto Hacks and Phishing Scams
The new dashboard from Dune's team aggregates data from more than 5,500 blockchain-based scams, exploits, and attacks
Ethereum Researchers Relinquish EigenLayer Roles Over Conflict of Interest Concerns
Researchers Justin Drake and Drankrad Feist set off a controversy in May when they revealed that they'd accepted big token payouts from EigenLayer, raising conflict of interest concerns.
Ellipsis Labs Raises $21M to Launch 'Verifiable Finance Blockchain' Atlas
Ellipsis is best known as the builder of Phoenix, the popular orderbook-style exchange on Solana.
Crypto Employee's Use of Laptop Outside of Work Cited in Data Breach Affecting 93K Transak Users
Transak, a so-called "onramp" used by crypto platforms like Metamask, Binance and Trust Wallet allowing customers to buy cryptocurrencies, says the leak was limited to "names" and "basic identity information."
Radiant Capital Loses $50M to Second Blockchain Exploit This Year
Attackers appear to have obtained three out of 11 private keys needed to upgrade the protocol.
Crypto Usage Setting Records Amid Regulatory Uncertainty, A16z Says in Report
The report highlights a dramatic increase in blockchain activity, with 220 million addresses interacting with the technology at least once in September, triple the number in late 2023.
Trump-Touted Crypto Website Crashes as Token Sale Goes Live, With Just 1.7% of Target Sold
A blockchain wallet connected to the token holds nearly $4 million worth of ether (ETH), $1.2 million of tether (USDT) and around $250,000 USD Coin (USDC) tokens.
Ethereum Proposal Could Increase Throughput by 50%
The proposal, designated EIP-7781, would reduce slot times to eight seconds from 12 and has already earned some key supporters.
How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry
More than a dozen blockchain firms inadvertently hired undercover IT workers from the rogue state, incurring cybersecurity and legal risks, a CoinDesk investigation found.
Trump's Crypto Gambit: What We Know About the Launch of World Liberty Financial
Former president Donald Trump, campaigning as the Republican nominee for the U.S. election in November, has teased plans for an official announcement on Monday of a new crypto company. Certain details of the project have already leaked out in draft proposals.