Prediction market interest fuels launch of PancakeSwap Telegram bot

The cryptocurrency industry was initially headlined as anonymous digital cash. While experts were keen to point out that this was not exactly the case, Bitcoin (BTC) found initial popularity in darknet markets such as Silk Road, where merchants sold illegal goods ranging from light drugs to, allegedly, hitman services. Founded in 2011, Silk Road thrived…

The past few months have been less than pleasant for Bitcoin (BTC) bulls, but they are not alone. Persistent comments from the United States Federal Reserve hint at plans to raise interest rates in 2022 and thi is causing investors to seek protection in inflation-protected bonds.The monetary authority signaled its intention to substantially raise the…

When it comes to computer data storage, it can seem like we are running out of numbers. If you are old enough, you may remember when diskette storage was measured in kilobytes in the 1980s. If you are a little younger, you are probably more familiar with the thumb drives denominated in gigabytes or hard…

Bitcoin has regained the $60,000 mark for the first time in 14 days, during a month generally considered bearish for the cryptocurrency.

Catalonia's government has unveiled IdentiCAT, a decentralized identity system.President Quim Torra and Minister of Digital Policies and Administration Jordi Puigneró announced the project on Sept. 7, local media outlet VilaWeb reported. Notably, the government says it will not have access to citizens' data.Privacy protectionThe bidding for system development — which is expected to be completed by 2020…

Cardano’s newest hard fork is the blockchain's most significant update since adding smart contract functionality last September. 733 Total views 32 Total shares After several months of delays, the Cardano Vasil upgrade and hard fork has finally gone live as of Thursday at 9:44 pm UTC, bringing “significant performance and capability” enhancements to the blockchain.The…

The Australian Federal Police revealed that scammers are using deepfakes and pig butchering as their primary methods to defraud victims. 

DeFi token Ren surges as tokenized BTC grows in popularity. Wrapped Bitcoin competitor, renBTC, has made massive gains over the past week as the project’s token’s price, and the total amount of Bitcoin tokenized using the protocol surges.Ren is in second place behind Wrapped Bitcoin, or wBTC, which is currently the most popular method of…