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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Layer 2 Network Scroll’s 'Biggest Leap Forward' Comes Amid TVL Plunging to Record Low

Euclid aims to improve network performance, enhance application compatibility, and reduce data storage costs while making wallets more accessible.

Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)

Tech

Matter Labs, ZKsync Developer, Sued for Alleged Intellectual Property Theft

Defunct blockchain firm BANKEX said two ex-employees stole its technology to build ZKsync, but a spokesperson at Matter Labs called the allegation "baseless."

Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

Tech

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Replacing Ethereum’s EVM With RISC-V

Buterin argues that transitioning Ethereum to the open-source RISC-V architecture will “greatly improve the efficiency of the Ethereum execution layer.”

Vitalik Buterin

Patakaran

Crypto Casino Founder Richard Kim Arrested After Gambling Away Investor Funds

Former Galaxy, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan executive Richard Kim faces securities and wire fraud charges after allegedly gambling away "nearly all" of his investors' funds.

Southern District of New York courthouse (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tech

EigenLayer Adds Key ‘Slashing’ Feature, Completing Original Vision

A year after its launch, the Ethereum restaking protocol is rolling out the critical accountability measure meant to address lingering security concerns.

EigenLayer CEO Sreeram Kannan. (Bradley Keoun)

Tech

The Protocol: Nvidia to Manufacture AI Supercomputers in U.S., New Opportunities for Crypto Miners

Plus: Ethereum developers privacy debate reignites, Optimum raises funds in seed round, Noble’s new ‘AppLayer’

Supercomputer AI

Tech

Noble’s New ‘AppLayer’ Lets Developers Build Stablecoin Tools on Celestia

The aim of Noble’s AppLayer is to let developers build new financial tools and apps with high throughput of stablecoins and reliable stablecoin infrastructure.

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)

Tech

Can Ethereum Be Truly Private? Developers Push for Encrypted Mempool, Default Privacy

Ethereum developers have begun kicking around a series of ideas that could make the Ethereum network private at its core.

Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Tech

The Protocol: EigenLayer Ready to Launch Missing Feature

Also: Bitcoin L2 SDKs; North Korea's THORChain Use; and Quantum-Resistant BTC

Quantum Computing Room

Tech

Inside North Korea's Favorite Crypto Laundering Tool: THORChain

Researchers say North Korea used THORChain to launder $1.2 billion following the biggest-ever crypto heist.

THORSwap is a cross-chain decentralized exchange built on THORChain. (Manuel Salinas/Unsplash)