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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Protocol Village: Food DePIN Bistroo Moves to Peaq, ApeChain Releases 'The Blueprint'

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 29-Sept. 4.

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)

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In Trump-Backed Crypto Project, Insiders Are Poised for Unusually Big Token Payouts

The team could get 70% of World Liberty Financial's tokens, a significantly higher-than-normal allocation from a project marketed as a solution to the “rigged” traditional finance system.

Eric, Donald and Donald Trump Jr. (Desiree Navarro/WireImage)

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Inside the Trump Crypto Project Linked to a $2M DeFi Hack and Former Pick-Up Artist

Four team members listed in World Liberty Financial's white paper previously worked on Dough Finance, which was drained of $2 million in July. One also founded Date Hotter Girls LLC.

Donald Trump, center, pictured with sons Eric Trump, left, and Donald Trump Jr. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Goes Live, Introducing On-Chain Governance

The highly anticipated upgrade turns Cardano's ADA cryptocurrency into a governance token.

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Blockchain Developer Alchemy Buys BWare, Pushing Into Europe, Adding About 25% to Staff

Company officials told CoinDesk this was its biggest acquisition to date, bringing on 41 developers and engineers from the Bware team and increasing Alchemy's headcount to 190.

Alchemy introduced its AI tool suite, AlchemyAI (Alchemy)

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The Protocol: The Impact of Telegram CEO's Arrest on TON Blockchain

Blockchain analysts are reminding investors how closely the messaging app Telegram, whose just-arrested CEO Pavel Durov awaits a hearing in a French court, is intertwined with the fate of TON blockchain and its native cryptocurrency, toncoin. ALSO: What's up with Vitalik's DeFi diss?

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Chaos Labs Raises $55M as Demand Grows for On-Chain Risk Management

The influx of capital comes as Chaos Labs, founded in 2021, looks to expand its platform, designed to address the growing need for automated risk management in decentralized finance (DeFi).

The Chaos Labs team has raised $55M in Series A funding (Chaos Labs)

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Top Crypto Startup Drove Other Projects' Airdrops to Its Employees

Eigen Labs circulated a list of team members' wallet addresses to EigenLayer ecosystem projects that were preparing to issue tokens. Some teams asked for it. At least one didn't.

EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan at ETHDenver 2024 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Coinbase-Backed Vega Gets Into Prediction-Market Race, Chasing Polymarket

A major upgrade to Vega's blockchain and decentralized perpetuals exchange will allow users to bet on the outcomes of future events.

The rise of blockchain-based prediction markets has turned clairvoyance into a gambling activity. (Tomasz Lusiak/Creative Commons)

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Protocol Village: Radix Launches 'RadQuest,' Eclipse Mainnet Opens to Builders

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 25-31.

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)