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

New MetaMask Product to Add Liquid Staking via Lido and Rocket Pool

The update comes two months before an Ethereum upgrade is expected to allow users to withdraw their staked ETH.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

FBI Investigating 3Commas Data Breach

This week, an anonymous person leaked 100,000 API keys connected to the crypto trading service.

FBI agent working on his computer in office

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)

Tech

Il 2022 di Ethereum in rassegna: fusione, MEV e caos

L’anno di Ethereum è stato caratterizzato dalla riduzione dei costi energetici e dal miglioramento della scalabilità, ma è stato anche tormentato da hack e “censura”.

(Boris SV/GettyImages)

Tech

Resumen del 2022 de Ethereum: The Merge, MEV y Mayhem

El año de Ethereum estuvo marcado por reducciones en los costos de energía y una mejor escalabilidad, pero también estuvo atormentado por hackeos y "censura".

(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)