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

Ethereum staking

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.

By Sam Kessler

Mar 14, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 14, 2022

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Finance

Pantera

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.

By Sam Kessler

Mar 9, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 9, 2022

PanteraFundingSwim

Finance

Defi

‘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.

By Sam Kessler

Mar 8, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 8, 2022

DeFi

Finance

Ethereum

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.

By Sam Kessler

Mar 4, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 4, 2022

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Finance

Cosmos

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.

By Sam Kessler

Mar 2, 2022 at 7:11 p.m. UTC

Mar 2, 2022

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