[ad_1] Theta, a blockchain that facilitates decentralized video streaming, recently updated its mainnet, adding a number of benefits. Theta’s mainnet now hosts smart contract capabilities, as of a block height of 8,411,427, Theta Labs said in a blog post on Thursday. (At time of publication, Theta’s blockchain shows a height of 8,411,845, so the updates […]
[ad_1] Central banks across the world have been increasing stimulus and letting inflation run high in order to combat the disastrous economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak response. The Bank of Japan has recently become the country’s largest stockholder and the European Central Bank is prepared to expand its colossal stimulus program. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve […]
[ad_1] Bitcoin has plunged by almost 9 percent after establishing its new record high near $20,000 last week. And a team of quantitative strategists at JP Morgan & Chase believes that gold is behind the flagship cryptocurrency’s corrective price move. The analysts, including Nikolas Panigirtzoglou, wrote that Bitcoin price correction lags a similar move in […]
[ad_1] One of Israel’s largest banks, Bank Hapoalim, has joined a blockchain-based platform recently released by IT firm Tata Consultancy Services, or TCS. TCS’ platform, dubbed Digital Bank Guarantee, is based on the Quartz blockchain and targets the digital banking industry in Israel. The new tool will supposedly help banks more effectively manage the lifecycle of […]