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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Технологии

Axie Infinity’s Ronin Blockchain Overhauls Tech, Expands to New Game Studios a Year After $625M Hack

Ronin will transition to a delegated proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and expand beyond Axie Infinity’s IP.

(Bing Image Creator/CoinDesk)

Технологии

Arbitrum Shows Just How Messy (and Tricky) Crypto Airdrops Can Be

Bugs, server crashes and scammers continue to plague crypto airdrops. Will regulatory pressures be next?

(Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Финансы

Twitter Briefly Suspends Official Arbitrum Account

Twitter restored the account and said it was "flagged as spam by mistake."

Arbitrum booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Технологии

Arbitrum to Airdrop New Token and Transition to DAO

The long-awaited ARB token will grant holders the ability to vote on changes to the leading Ethereum layer 2 network.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Политика

What Happens if Ether Is a Security?

A recent suit filed by the New York Attorney General could have far-ranging complications for crypto exchanges that list ether.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Технологии

Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed

A programmer by training, Kevin Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory, with a focus on the principal-agent problem.

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Политика

Lido’s LDO Token Sinks 10% Following Rumors Crypto Staking Service Received SEC Notice

Crypto podcaster David Hoffman spread (and then retracted) a rumor that the SEC had delivered a Wells Notice to the decentralized staking service. A spokesperson for Lido declined to comment.

Bankless co-host David Hoffman speaks at an ETHDenver 2023 side event. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Технологии

Axelar Introduces Virtual Machine for Developers Building Cross-Chain Crypto Apps

Axelar describes its new VM as Kubernetes for Web3.

Puente. (Aleksandr Barsukov/Unsplash)

Технологии

Crypto Wallet Firm Dfns Says ‘Magic Links’ Have Critical Vulnerability

Affected services say they were given barely any notice before Dfns published its blog post detailing the so-called zero day.

(Kenny Eliason/Unsplash)

Технологии

Polygon Blockchain Nodes Briefly Went Out of Sync, Affecting Explorer, Sowing Confusion

A cascade of problems on the Ethereum sidechain caused issues for PolygonScan, an application used to track transactions – causing the appearance of an outage.

U.S. election chaos in November might spill over into crypto markets.