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After much anticipation and endless speculations, Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has finally reveal his “Beam Chain”proposal to enhance Ethereum’s consensus layer.

WonderFi CEO Dean Skurka was recently abducted and released after paying a $1M ransom. Skurka confirmed his safety, noting that no company funds or data were impacted. Authorities are investigating, and the case underscores a troubling rise in kidnappings of crypto executives for financial gain.

Coinbase's new 'Based Agent' tool enables users to create autonomous AI agents on its Ethereum Layer-2 Base network in under three minutes. Supporting multiple blockchains, it also aims to enhance wallet security. Could this set a new standard for blockchain security?

Scroll's SCR token launch, like the recent Hamster Kombat airdrop, has left some recipients dissatisfied, with criticism over fairness and transparency in the allocation. SCR's price has since dropped over 20%.

Radiant Capital, a DeFi lending platform, was hit by a cyberattack, losing over $50 million in USDC, WBNB, and ETH on BSC and Arbitrum. Hackers took control of its Pool Provider contract, redirecting ownership to a malicious contract. Radiant has halted lending and urged users to revoke smart contract permissions.

Zoomdog, the MEME project that BTC layer2 Bitlayer officially announced to support on September 4, was harvested and ran away shortly after it went online, attracting a lot of abuse from users.

BTC layer2 Bitlayer在9月4日官宣支持的MEME项目Zoomdog在上线不久后便瀑布收割跑路，引来用户一片谩骂。

Sony BSL launched the "Soneium Minato" public testnet for Ethereum Layer-2 developers and introduced the "Soneium Spark" incubation programme for Web3 developers, creating a comprehensive ecosystem for innovation on the platform.

While Sony's initiative offers promising resources for developers, the effectiveness of these efforts in establishing Soneium as a leading blockchain platform remains to be proven.

Last year, Sony announced it would launch a network with Startale. With this tech giant, known for significant projects like Playstation entering Web3, it is observed that it will undoubtedly lead other tech companies and introduce millions of daily active users to blockchain.