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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Mercados

Movement Token Slumps 14% as Coinbase Suspends Trading

Movement's MOVE token is now in "limit-only mode" on the trading platform.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Tecnología

The Protocol: Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal

Also: ETH Gas Limit Ceiling Proposal, Bitcoin Data Limits Debate, and Base Becomes a Stage 1 Rollup

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Tecnología

Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisers and Hidden Middlemen

Movement, backed by Trump's World Liberty Financial, says it was duped into an agreement that experts say incentivized price manipulation.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Tecnología

The Protocol: Will ETH Developers Swap Out the EVM for RISC-V?

Also: Matter Labs Sued; Scroll’s Euclid Upgrade; EigenLayer Adds ‘Slashing’ Feature

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Publicidad

Tecnología

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)

Tecnología

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)

Tecnología

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

Regulación

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)

Publicidad

Tecnología

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)

Tecnología

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