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Vitalik Buterin noted that Celo’s second L2 testnet, Alfajores, will be upgraded to Ethereum L2 on Sept. 26.

Golem’s latest report explains the transfer of 135,000 ETH to CEXs as part of a staking test to ensure operational security.

Google has launched Gemini 1.5 Pro and Flash models, offering developers improved performance at a reduced cost.

Kosovo’s Financial Intelligence Unit partners with the Council of Europe to improve crypto crime tracing skills and strengthen regulations on digital currencies.

The partnership comes shortly ahead of the implementation of the MiCA regulatory framework for crypto service providers.

Assetera will provide Europe's first regulated secondary tokenized real-world asset marketplace.

OpenAI’s new advanced voice feature introduces five new voices, capable of remembering previous conversations and changing the topic of discussion mid-conversation.

A Coinbase-backed lobby group initially graded Kamala Harris as “supports crypto” but dropped the characterization after wide criticism.

Venture capitalists and angels get a “100x better deal than everyone else” under the current crypto fundraiser model, which is what Kain Warwick’s “Patronage” model intends to fix.

Exodus’ donation to a political action committee is to “help support their mission of educating and mobilizing crypto voters around the country.”

BA Labs, an adviser to DeFi lender Sky, says its concerns with Tron founder Justin Sun’s involvement in the custody of the Wrapped Bitcoin token have been addressed and new recommendations will be put to a vote on Oct. 3. 

MoneyGram’s services have been offline since Sept. 20, with the firm confirming the outage is due to a cybersecurity incident three days later.

Equities, unemployment, job numbers, or manufacturing really have no connection to Bitcoin, argues BlackRock’s head of digital assets.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler has taken heat from lawmakers and members of his own agency during a House Financial Services Committee hearing over his handling of crypto regulation in the United States.

Hoskinson says the Ethereum network is more like a “dictatorship” where Vitalik Buterin exerts too much influence over the development of the decentralized network. 

NEAR extends its 50% gain as user activity, network TVL and a critical network upgrade boost interest in the blockchain.

Bank of New York Mellon will not be held to SEC accounting practices for client crypto custody after a review.

The suit alleges that Visa purposely made it difficult for competitors to participate in the payments market. 

The proliferation of institutional Bitcoin custodians creates opportunities for MicroStrategy, according to a Benchmark analyst.

The former head of Alameda Research will serve her sentence in a minimum-security prison.