Latest from Sam Kessler
Arbitrum to Airdrop New Token and Transition to DAO
The long-awaited ARB token will grant holders the ability to vote on changes to the leading Ethereum layer 2 network.
What Happens if Ether Is a Security?
A recent suit filed by the New York Attorney General could have far-ranging complications for crypto exchanges that list ether.
Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed
A programmer by training, Kevin Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory, with a focus on the principal-agent problem.
Lido’s LDO Token Sinks 10% Following Rumors Crypto Staking Service Received SEC Notice
Crypto podcaster David Hoffman spread (and then retracted) a rumor that the SEC had delivered a Wells Notice to the decentralized staking service. A spokesperson for Lido declined to comment.
Axelar Introduces Virtual Machine for Developers Building Cross-Chain Crypto Apps
Axelar describes its new VM as Kubernetes for Web3.
Crypto Wallet Firm Dfns Says ‘Magic Links’ Have Critical Vulnerability
Affected services say they were given barely any notice before Dfns published its blog post detailing the so-called zero day.
Polygon Blockchain Nodes Briefly Went Out of Sync, Affecting Explorer, Sowing Confusion
A cascade of problems on the Ethereum sidechain caused issues for PolygonScan, an application used to track transactions – causing the appearance of an outage.
War of Words Over zkEVMs Might Portend Long Struggle to Tech Maturity
As Polygon and Matter Labs race to bring their zkEVMs to market, both will need to make compromises in the name of security.
Jump Crypto podría ser la empresa anónima que ganó US$1,280M gracias al fallido ecosistema Terra de Do Kwon
Una denuncia de la SEC contra Do Kwon y Terraform Labs reveló que una empresa de trading sin identificar ayudó a Kwon a restaurar la paridad de UST con US$1 en 2021 a cambio de tokens LUNA con descuento.
Jump Crypto Is Unnamed Firm That Made $1.28B From Do Kwon’s Doomed Terra Ecosystem: Sources
A complaint by the SEC against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs revealed an unnamed trading firm helped Kwon restore UST’s $1 peg in 2021 in exchange for discounted LUNA tokens.