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

Anonymous Twitter User Leaks 3Commas API Database

The leak comes after 3Commas repeatedly told users that they had been “phished” after widespread hacks.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum’s 2022 in Review: The Merge, MEV and Mayhem

Ethereum’s year was marked by reductions to energy costs and improved scalability, but it was also racked by hacks and “censorship.”

(Boris SV/GettyImages)

Finance

Solana-Based Raydium Exchange Victim of 7-Figure Exploit

Currently, about $2 million of different cryptocurrencies are sitting in the attacker’s account.

(Getty Images)

Tech

Binance Founder ‘CZ’ Insists We Can Trust His Crypto Exchange – but Can We?

After the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, some users fear that exchange behemoth Binance will be the next crypto domino to fall.

Founder and CEO of Binance crypto exchange Changpeng "CZ" Zhao in Italy, May 2022. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Tech

What Does an AI Chatbot ‘Think’ About DeFi? We Asked ChatGPT

ChatGPT, CoinDesk’s new, robot-guest contributor, explains how AI might help (and harm) the future of DeFi.

AI Artwork Robot writing typing writer (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

ConsenSys to Update MetaMask Crypto Wallet in Response to Privacy Backlash

The firm clarified its data-sharing practices and said it will rebuild MetaMask’s settings page to address user concerns.

Ribbon's unsecured lending product, Lend, went live on Monday. (Pixabay)

Tech

MetaMask IP-Sharing Debacle Highlights the Scourge of Crypto Centralization

Centralized intermediaries have seeped deep into the crypto user experience, but they continue to be its main path to adoption.

Is centralization unavoidable? (Unsplash)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Addresses Withdrawals, FTX Collapse in Newly Released Audio Interview

The FTX founder said he unpaused Bahamian FTX withdrawals to “appease” local customers and added his lawyers to the groups of people he said can “go f**k themselves.”

El ex CEO de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum R&D Firm Flashbots Shares Details About Its Next-Gen Block Builder

After teasing Suave at this year’s Devcon, Flashbots outlines how the plug-and-play solution will transform the way validators earn MEV.

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