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Google's new AI model generates images, audio, navigates browsers, and handles complex tasks but is overshadowed by OpenAI's product surge.Source link

A policy that could allow the use of bitcoin in city financing has been enacted by the Vancouver City Council. Vancouver Votes to Get Ahead on Bitcoin Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, has passed a policy that could result in the use of bitcoin in city finances. The council of the Canadian citySource link

The ranks of cryptocurrency developers held steady in 2024, as some recent entrants left the industry while veterans mostly stuck around, according to a report released Thursday by Electric Capital.The total developers working in crypto worldwide was basically flat, declining a statistically insignificant 7% from a year earlier, and the number of monthly active developers went to 23,613 in November, the report said.Meanwhile, the Solana ecosystem, ground zero for the memecoin craze, was the most popular blockchain among new developers, an 83% increase in its ecosystem compared to a year earlier. In July, this community became the first since 2016 to bring on board more devs than Ethereum. Solana attracted 7,625 new developers in 2024, the most of any chain...

Institutional investors want more Ethereum, and this demand could push the coin's price past $5,000 for the first time, said CryptoQuant.Source link

Michael Sonnenshein former CEO of digital asset manager Grayscale Investments, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Securitize. Grayscale Executive Michael Sonnenshein Pivots to Asset Tokenization Ten-year Grayscale veteran Michael Sonnenshein who led the digital investment giant from 2021 to 2024 has now joined asset tokenization leader Securitize as its chief operating officer (COO),Source link