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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시장

$1B Crypto Hack Fears Spur 20% GALA Plunge, but Firm Implies It Attacked Itself as a Safeguard

"All GALA tokens on Ethereum as well as the underlying bridge collateral are SAFE," an affiliated firm tweeted.

GALA price crashes after exploit speculation. (TradingView)

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Крипто на 1 мільярд доларів США побоюється, що це призведе до падіння GALA на 20%, але компанія припускає, що атакувала себе як запобіжний захід

«Усі токени GALA на Ethereum , а також базова застава bridge є БЕЗПЕЧНИМИ», — написала дочірня фірма у Twitter.

GALA price crashes after exploit speculation. (TradingView)

금융

Aave Community Members Vote to Deploy on zkSync v2 Testnet

The decision will let developers evaluate whether to fully deploy its decentralized exchange on the layer 2 scaling platform that speeds up Ethereum transactions.

The development lab overseeing lending protocol Aave, which means "ghost" in Finnish, is seeking $16 million from the Aave community. (Unsplash)

기술

Qué traerá la próxima gran actualización de Ethereum

“Shanghái” permitirá retirar ETH en staking, pero el deseado recorrido para disminuir las tasas de gas podría quedar afuera de la actualización.

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What to Expect From Ethereum’s Next Big Upgrade

“Shanghai” will make it possible to withdraw staked ETH, but a long-wished-for pathway to lower gas fees might be missing from the update.

Shanghai (Edward He/Unsplash)

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Ethereum Scaling Platform zkSync v2 Goes Live Amid Controversy

Matter Labs pitches zkSync v2 as the “first” network of its kind to launch on Ethereum, but its competitors aren’t buying the hype.

(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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THORChain Resumes Operation After 20-hour Outage

User funds were not impacted after the Cosmos-based blockchain halted due to a software bug.

Thor hammer (UnSplash)

금융

Los rollups de layer 2 de Ethereum reducen los costos, pero se subestiman sus riesgos

Las redes oficiales de rollups de Ethereum actualmente no pueden decir que “toman prestada” la seguridad de la blockchain.

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)

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Ethereum’s Layer 2 Rollups Reduce Costs, but the Risks Are Underappreciated

Ethereum’s incumbent rollup networks cannot currently claim that they “borrow” Ethereum’s security.

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)