How BitTorrent Chain is advancing blockchain interoperability

Bison Bank will offer its digital asset services to high net worth individuals, becoming the first banking institution in the country authorized to do so. 389 Total views 5 Total shares Portuguese based bank Bison Bank has received permission from Portugal’s Central Bank (Banco de Portugal) to operate as a “virtual asset service provider ”(VASP),…

A lot of withdrawals are surfacing as Bitcoin reverses course to dip 8% from its 24-hour highs

Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekLibra hearings: Hostility and criticism as Congress grills Facebook executiveA godsend…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the Ethereum blockchain is almost full. In an interview with The Star published Aug. 19, he said the hurdle that faces big organizations interested in the Ethereum ecosystem is the still-thorny matter of the blockchain’s scalability.“Scalability is a big bottleneck”Buterin’s stark comments were made as part of a discussion of…

We all remember what the 2008 subprime mortgage debacle was like. The situation was so destructive and almost brought down the global banking system that words like subprime mortgages, credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations — which are normally part of investment banker’s jargon — became part of the general vocabulary. Because of this…

Blockchain platform Tron’s founder, Justin Sun, sparked fresh controversy this week after he first posted and then deleted an online apology in an ongoing PR debacle. Cryptocurrency-focused news outlet Cryptoslate reported the events, providing their own translation of comments Sun wrote and later removed from Chinese social media platform Weibo on July 25.Sun was due to…

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she wants to hold a special AI-focused session of G7 members before the first leaders’ summit, scheduled for June. Italy, one of the first European countries to effectively ban OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT, will address the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) as one of the priorities of its Group of Seven

With the new operational license in Abu Dhabi, Kraken aims to provide access to global liquidity to local investors via dirham (AED) trading pairs. 207 Total views 15 Total shares Californian crypto exchange Kraken becomes the second virtual asset platform after Binance to receive regulatory approval to operate in the Abu Dhabi international financial center…