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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Finance

Ledger Exploit Drained $484K, Upended DeFi; Former Staffer Linked to Malicious Code

Security firm Blockaid's CEO told CoinDesk that users are still at risk.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

L'exploit del registro ha prosciugato 484.000 dollari, DeFi ribaltata; Ex membro dello staff collegato a codice dannoso

Il CEO della società di sicurezza Blockaid ha dichiarato a CoinDesk che gli utenti sono ancora a rischio.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Exploração do Ledger drenou US$ 484 mil, DeFi subvertido; Ex-funcionário vinculado a código malicioso

O CEO da empresa de segurança Blockaid disse à CoinDesk que os usuários ainda estão em risco.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Exploit del libro mayor agotó $484,000 y destruyó DeFi; Ex empleado vinculado a código malicioso

El director ejecutivo de la empresa de seguridad Blockaid le dijo a CoinDesk que los usuarios todavía están en riesgo.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain

Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Bradley Keoun/modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Buterin da Ethereum flutua perspectiva de levar algumas funções da camada 2 de volta à cadeia principal

Vitalik Buterin, membro do conselho executivo da Fundação Ethereum , certa vez promoveu redes de “camada 2” como forma de fornecer transações mais rápidas e baratas. Agora ele tem ideias para “consagrar” algumas dessas funções na cadeia principal.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Bradley Keoun/modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Sam Altman Is Bringing Worldcoin's Controversial Eye-Scanning Orb to Reddit and Microsoft

World ID has added integrations with Shopify, Minecraft, and Reddit alongside a slew of developer-focused updates that could expand the OpenAI founder's blockchain-based "proof-of-personhood" service to more users.

Image of individual who looks like Sam Altman staring into orb

Tech

Sam Altman está trazendo o controverso orbe de varredura ocular da Worldcoin para Reddit e Microsoft

A World ID adicionou integrações com Shopify, Minecraft e Reddit junto com uma série de atualizações focadas no desenvolvedor que poderiam expandir o serviço de “prova de personalidade” baseado em blockchain do fundador da OpenAI para mais usuários.

Image of individual who looks like Sam Altman staring into orb

Tech

Ethereum's 'Censorship' Problem Is Getting Worse

Four of the five biggest "block builders" on Ethereum are excluding transactions sanctioned by the U.S. government, data shows.

Builder censorship on Ethereum has more than tripled over the past 12 months. (Toni Wahrstätter/censorship.pics)