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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Tech

Exponential.fi Wants to Make It Easier to Invest in DeFi

The platform aims to make it easy to identify opportunities, bridge fiat, assess risk, and invest in crypto all-in-one.

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Top Crypto VC Says Ex-General Partner Made Undisclosed Side Deal With Portfolio Company

Polychain says Niraj Pant broke the fund's policies by secretly accepting "adviser" tokens from Eclipse.

Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant (Ritual)

Tech

Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology

As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing field of "distributed validator technology," or DVT.

Distributed validator technology involves splitting up the job of running a validator on blockchains like Ethereum. (Onasill/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

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Bitcoin Could Get Ethereum-Style Restaking as Startup Lombard Raises $16M

Lombard is partnering with staking startup Babylon to let users earn interest for "restaking" with Bitcoin – using the asset to secure other crypto networks.

Bitcoin logo (Getty Images)

Policy

SEC Sues Consensys Over MetaMask Staking, Broker Allegations

The SEC alleged that MetaMask acted as an unregistered securities broker and that its staking service violated securities laws.

Joe Lubin, founder and CEO of Consensys. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)

Tech

Solana Adds 'Blinks' and 'Actions' so Users Can Trade Crypto on Their Favorite Social Apps

The epicenter of the latest "meme coin" hype, Solana is introducing new tools designed to make crypto trading more accessible

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Protocol Village: Aethir, for Sourcing GPUs, Launches Decentralized Cloud on Ethereum

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For June 10 - June 12.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.