Sam Kessler

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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GameFi investors are still chasing the next Axie. (Jakub Sisulak/Unsplash)
Money Continues to Pour Into GameFi, but Will Developers Follow?
One of the hottest sectors for investors is seeing mixed reactions from top talent.
GameFi investors are still chasing the next Axie. (Jakub Sisulak/Unsplash)
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Crypto Carbon: Can Blockchain Networks Fix Carbon Offsets?
A budding movement within the crypto industry says it can keep carbon out of the atmosphere by locking it on a blockchain. Can it succeed?
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Acala, VCs Commit $250M for Polkadot DeFi Investments
The fund will back companies with use cases for Acala’s aUSD stablecoin.
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Katie Haun’s New Fund Joins $10M Round for Polkadot Lending Protocol Moonwell
The project will enable users to take out over-collateralized loans on Polkadot’s EVM-compatible Moonbeam parachain.
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Ethereum Staking Protocol Swell Raises $3.75M as Locked ETH Tops $26B
Swell is attempting to make it easier to stake on Ethereum and eventually other blockchains.
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Pantera Leads $4M Seed Round for Streamlined Cross-Chain Bridge
Swim Protocol wants to make it easier for users to swap native assets across blockchains.
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‘Minimum Viable DAO’ Product Looks to Supercharge Web 3 Governance
Decent Labs has an opinion on what the future of DAOs should look like, and it’s baking it into a new set of tools.
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Diagonal Raises $2.5M for Web 3 Subscription Payments
The project aims to create an all-in-one tool for merchants and creators to collect payments on Ethereum.
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Polymer’s $3.6M in Seed Funding Says IBC Is the Future of Crypto
The team plans to make blockchains like Ethereum and Solana more easily compatible with chains built using Cosmos’ Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol.
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard.
Hedge Fund Giant Alan Howard Backs $7.5M Round for ‘Financial NFTs’ Project
Nested’s social trading platform allows investors to earn royalties on their crypto portfolios by representing them as NFTs.
Billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard.