Sam Kessler

Deputy Managing Editor

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

LATEST FROM SAM KESSLER


Tech

The Protocol: Hyperliquid Responds to Decentralization Criticism

Jan 8, 2025

liquid hand

Finance

Solana Pushes Validators to Test Early 'Firedancer' Upgrade

Jan 8, 2025

Jump Chief Science Officer Kevin Bowers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

StarkWare Launches Appchains on Starknet with New Developer Toolkit

Jan 8, 2025

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Tech

Arbitrum Deepens Ties with South Korea's Lotte Group

Jan 7, 2025

The co-founders of Offchain Labs, the firm behind Arbitrum. (Offchain Labs)

Finance

Aptos Labs CEO Mo Shaikh Quits; Avery Ching to Take His Place

Dec 19, 2024

Mo Shaikh (Aptos Labs)

Tech

EigenLayer's Sreeram Kannan: King of the Professor Coins

Dec 10, 2024

(Pudgy Penguins)

Finance

Trump's Crypto Project Gets $30M Investment From Justin Sun

Nov 25, 2024

Justin Sun standing beside a banana taped to a wall.

Tech

Lido Co-Founders Said to Plot Competitor to Sam Altman's World Network

Nov 18, 2024

Worldcoin's iris-scanning technology is being questioned by regulators (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Blockchain Analyzer 'Bubblemaps' Adds AI to Help Identify Insider-Controlled Tokens

Nov 13, 2024

The co2 bubbles in a glass of lager.

Tech

Ethereum Developer Consensys Plots Token Issuance in Sign of Trump Thaw

Nov 13, 2024

Joe Lubin, Founder and CEO of Consensys, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)