Sam Kessler

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Posted by | April 10, 2024
EigenLayer, Crypto’s Biggest Project Launch This Year, Is Still Missing Crucial Functionality

The blockchain project EigenLayer didn't go live on Ethereum's mainnet until Tuesday, but it had already become one of the network's biggest-ever protocols, with $12 billion worth of user deposits...

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Posted by | April 9, 2024
Venture Firm A16z Releases Jolt, a ‘Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine’

Silicon Valley venture giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) made news last year when it announced that it was wading into deep tech research – switching off its investor cap to become...

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Posted by | March 27, 2024
MyShell, Blockchain Platform For Building ‘AI Girlfriends’ and Productivity Apps, Raises $11M

MyShell, a Tokyo-based decentralized AI platform used to create "AI girlfriends," has raised $11 million in pre-series A funding for its AI app-building ecosystem. The investment, which brings MyShell's total...

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Posted by | March 5, 2024
USC Professor’s Crypto Startup ‘Sahara’ Raises $6M to Reward AI Trainers

Sahara, describing itself as a "decentralized AI network," has raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by Polygon Capital. The Los Angeles-based startup was co-founded by Sean Ren,...

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Posted by | February 21, 2024
Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Rollup Citrea Raises $2.7M in Seed Funding

Zero-knowledge rollups – a technology usually associated with scaling the Ethereum blockchain – are now coming to Bitcoin. Chainway Labs went public earlier this month with the news that it...

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Posted by | February 20, 2024
Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Rakes in $1B in Deposits in Just 3 Weeks

In a sign of just how hot " liquid restaking protocols " have become among crypto speculators, the new blockchain projects are hitting major money milestones within weeks of their...

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Posted by | February 20, 2024
Liquid Restaking Tokens or ‘LRTs’ Revived Ethereum DeFi. Can the Hype Last?

Decentralized finance (DeFi) on Ethereum has seen a resurgence with the rise of "liquid restaking tokens," or LRTs. LRTs are built on top of EigenLayer, the "restaking" protocol that lets...

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Posted by | February 15, 2024
Did Elizabeth Warren Just Endorse Bitcoin? Not So Fast

No, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who typically antagonizes the blockchain industry, has not had a sudden change of heart on Bitcoin. Warren has fashioned herself as one...

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Posted by | January 30, 2024
Vitalik Buterin Says Developers Should ‘Tread Carefully’ Mixing Crypto and AI

AI has stolen some of crypto's luster over the past year: a Silicon Valley obsessed with Web3 and the Metaverse seems to have turned its attention entirely towards large language...

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Posted by | January 30, 2024
Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc. Begins Layoffs Under Previously Disclosed Plan to Cut Staff by 10%

Block Inc., the blockchain and payments firm led by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, confirmed to CoinDesk that it has begun laying off employees this week as part of the company's...

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