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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Marchés

$1B Crypto Hack Fears Spur 20% GALA Plunge, but Firm Implies It Attacked Itself as a Safeguard

"All GALA tokens on Ethereum as well as the underlying bridge collateral are SAFE," an affiliated firm tweeted.

GALA price crashes after exploit speculation. (TradingView)

Finance

Aave Community Members Vote to Deploy on zkSync v2 Testnet

The decision will let developers evaluate whether to fully deploy its decentralized exchange on the layer 2 scaling platform that speeds up Ethereum transactions.

The development lab overseeing lending protocol Aave, which means "ghost" in Finnish, is seeking $16 million from the Aave community. (Unsplash)

Technologies

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Next Big Upgrade

“Shanghai” will make it possible to withdraw staked ETH, but a long-wished-for pathway to lower gas fees might be missing from the update.

Shanghai (Edward He/Unsplash)

Technologies

Ethereum Scaling Platform zkSync v2 Goes Live Amid Controversy

Matter Labs pitches zkSync v2 as the “first” network of its kind to launch on Ethereum, but its competitors aren’t buying the hype.

(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Technologies

THORChain Resumes Operation After 20-hour Outage

User funds were not impacted after the Cosmos-based blockchain halted due to a software bug.

Thor hammer (UnSplash)

Technologies

Ethereum’s Layer 2 Rollups Reduce Costs, but the Risks Are Underappreciated

Ethereum’s incumbent rollup networks cannot currently claim that they “borrow” Ethereum’s security.

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

Technologies

Binance Becomes Second-Largest Voting Entity on Uniswap DAO

Uniswap’s founder has accused Binance of using customer funds to amass governance votes.

Binance Becomes Second-Largest Voting Entity on Uniswap DAO (Unsplash)

Technologies

Will Censorship Fork Ethereum?

Disagreement around how to handle sanctions on Ethereum may soon force the chain to split into two: one chain censored, one not.

(Thomas Barwick/Getty Images)