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   A fast concurrent persistent key-value store and log, in C# and C++.<br />
-  <small><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/FASTER/releases/tag/v2.1.0">Latest release v2.1.0</a></small>
+  <small><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/FASTER/releases/tag/v2.5.0">Latest release v2.5.0</a></small>
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 # News and Updates
 
+* Version 2.5 of FASTER has been released with various improvements. A notable new feature is the lockable context which allows users to perform multi-key operations with locking (i.e., transactions).
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 * Version 2 of FASTER has been released with many API and performance improvements across the board. Learn more about the features in v2 at https://github.com/microsoft/FASTER/pull/563
 
 * A high-performance remote (TCP) interface to FasterKV is now available! It provides linear server scalability with increasing client sessions, with similar server throughput as embedded FasterKV. We provide a default C# client as well as an ability to extend to other protocols. Learn more [here](docs/remote-basics/).