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Sam Kessler

Sam is a reporter at CoinDesk focused on technology, DeFi and DAOs. He formerly led the Harvard Political Review and has a background in computer science and the technology industry. Sam owns ETH, BTC and MATIC.

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Uniswap
Binance Becomes Second-Largest Voting Entity on Uniswap DAO
Uniswap’s founder has accused Binance of using customer funds to amass governance votes.
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By Sam Kessler
Oct 19, 2022 at 4:09 p.m. UTC
Oct 19, 2022
UniswapDAODecentralized exchangeBinance
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Valid points
Will Censorship Fork Ethereum?
Disagreement around how to handle sanctions on Ethereum may soon force the chain to split into two: one chain censored, one not.
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By Sam Kessler
Oct 19, 2022 at 11:15 a.m. UTC
Oct 19, 2022
Valid PointsEthereumCensorshipForkTornado Cash
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Crypto
Consensus Rewind: Terra the Sacking of Crypto Carthage
TerraUSD is a stablecoin hosted by the Terra network and created by South Korea’s Terraform Labs.
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By Sam Kessler
Oct 18, 2022 at 8:14 p.m. UTC
Oct 18, 2022
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Mango markets
$114M Mango Markets Exploiter Outs Himself, Returns Most of the Money
Avraham Eisenberg defended his actions after returning $67 million. The Mango DAO plans to vote on how to divvy up the funds next week.
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By Danny NelsonSam Kessler
Oct 15, 2022 at 7:10 p.m. UTC
Oct 15, 2022
Mango MarketsExploitsDeFi
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Arbitrum
Arbitrum Builder Offchain Labs Buys Prysmatic Labs, a Core Team Behind Ethereum’s Merge
By acquiring the team behind Prysm, Ethereum’s most popular consensus layer client, Arbitrum is stretching its layer 2 tentacles down to Ethereum’s base layer.
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By Sam Kessler
Oct 12, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 12, 2022
ArbitrumPrysmatic LabsacquisitionEthereum 2.0
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Valid points
Will Censorship Fork Ethereum?
Disagreement around how to handle sanctions on Ethereum may soon force the chain to split into two: one chain censored, one not.
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By Sam Kessler
Oct 12, 2022 at 11:15 a.m. UTC
Oct 12, 2022
Valid PointsEthereumCensorshipForkTornado Cash
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Solana
Solana-Based Decentralized Finance Platform Mango Hit by $100 Million Exploit
Mango's MNGO token was down over 40% after suffering from the latest massive decentralized finance exploit.
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By Sam Kessler
Oct 11, 2022 at 11:21 p.m. UTC
Oct 11, 2022
SolanaMango MarketsExploitsDeFi
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Terra
LFG Slow-Walks Plan to Repay Small-Time Terra Holders, Citing Legal Threats
The Luna Foundation Guard still has about $100 million in reserves that it has pledged as compensation.
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By Danny NelsonSam Kessler
Oct 7, 2022 at 4:48 p.m. UTC
Oct 7, 2022
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Binance
BNB Chain Halts After 'Potential Exploit' Drained Estimated $100M in Crypto
The chain has now resumed operations after fixing a problem that let someone create $570 million of the token, though they were only able to abscond with a smaller amount.
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By Nelson WangSam KesslerDanny Nelson
Oct 6, 2022 at 10:26 p.m. UTC
Oct 6, 2022
BinanceBNBExploits
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Arbitrum
Lido’s stETH Token Expands to Layer 2 Networks Optimism and Arbitrum
Users of Ethereum’s quicker, cheaper layer 2 networks will have access to the wrapped staked ETH (wstETH) token.
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By Sam Kessler
Oct 6, 2022 at 8:50 p.m. UTC
Oct 6, 2022
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