During the opening week of the year, the Kheavyhash algorithm—used for mining kaspa (KAS)—topped the profitability charts among proof-of-work (PoW) algorithms. Fast forward to today, and Scrypt has claimed the crown as the most lucrative choice for miners, particularly those extracting dogecoin (DOGE) and litecoin (LTC). Mining Algorithms Push Limits in a Historic Year As […]
Current market data indicates that bitcoin has increased by 48% against the U.S. dollar since Jan. 1, 2024. This implies that on that date, one tether (USDT) was exchanged for 0.00002368 BTC, whereas today, it’s valued at just 0.00001596 BTC. Concurrently, in addition to bitcoin’s rise against the dollar, its competitors like ETH, SOL, and […]
BIS Head Agustin Carstens and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani have proposed the idea of the “Finternet,” an interconnected financial system led by tokenized assets that would help to overcome today’s shortcomings in transacting financial assets. The core of this system would rely on the possibility of smart contracts managing these assets programmatically. BIS Boss Highlights […]
In the digital currency realm, smart contracts have enhanced the financial industry through tokenization, decentralized finance (defi) and other agreements in the form of self-executing code. But how exactly do they work? What benefits do they offer? Here’s a concise overview of smart contracts and their profound effect on trust and collaboration in our interconnected […]