French authorities to issue statement on Pavel Durov’s detention

Not Legal Advice... is a monthly column from Zachary Kelman, Cointelegraph’s general counsel. He is a New York-licensed attorney specializing in political, legal and regulatory issues surrounding Bitcoin, digital currencies and blockchain technology.For two decades, United States presidents kept the American military in Afghanistan to back the fragile local government, tasked with keeping the Taliban…

Elon Musk’s xAI launched Colossus, now the most powerful AI training system, setting a new benchmark in the AI race with a 100k H100 training cluster that will soon double in size.

Switzerland's principal stock exchange SIX Swiss Exchange will test blockchain integration for its forthcoming parallel digital trading platform SDX in the second half of this year. The news was reported by Cointelegraph Deutschland Feb. 4.SIX Swiss Exchange sees roughly CHF5.19 billion (~$5.18 billion) in daily turnover, and has a market capitalization of over 1.67 trillion…

"We in Europe need to move as quickly as possible or risk an erosion of our monetary sovereignty," said Francois Villeroy de Galhau. Bank of France governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said that Europe should make crypto regulation a priority or risk digital assets challenging its monetary sovereignty.At a Paris Europlace financial conference today, Villeroy…

XRP’s monthly volatility has plunged to its lowest levels ever, approaching the range that preceded the 60,000% price surge in 2017-2018.

This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. It has now been two months since the crypto crackdown and subsequent enforcement began. Most new stories are now just the trickling down…

Renewed bullish behavior in DXY spells trouble for inversely correlated BTC/USD, underscoring the relationship between the two indices. 1657 Total views 20 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) reacted to fresh strength in the U.S. dollar on Sep. 21 to follow stocks downward and move away from $11,000.Cryptocurrency market daily snapshot, Sept. 7. Source: Coin360DXY surge spells…

The latest A$DC transaction saw ANZ’s institutional partner Victor Smorgon use A$DC to purchase Australian Carbon Credit Units from blockchain-based carbon trading platform BetaCarbon. 565 Total views 19 Total shares ANZ’s stablecoin A$DC has been used to buy Australian tokenized carbon credits, marking another critical test of the asset’s use cases in the local economy.…

The tech entrepreneur who built a COVID-19 tracker as a teen in 2020 has now launched a new AI-powered necklace to combat loneliness. Some say it feels more like an episode of Black Mirror.