JPMorgan recently published a report, where the CEO Jamie Dimon and two senior analysts shared their views on blockchains, Ethereum upgrades, and staking. They mentioned the importance of running more energy-efficient networks and that the popularity of these types of networks will grow.
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As published by Forbes, JPMorgan team says a new method of gaining income called staking will take off for both institutional investors and individuals. Presently, Bitcoin and Ethereum use the Proof-of-Work mining mechanism which is energy-consuming. Ethereum has been working to switch to Proof-of-Stake which requires less energy.
As stated in the report, there is generated around $9 B worth of revenue through crypto staking per year.
It was mentioned in the report that staking may bring huge profits for crypto intermediaries like Coinbase especially after Eth 2.0 launch, planned for 2022.
In 2018 JPMorgan started to explore the DLT technology and use cases of blockchain technology across its business. In 2019, the bank giant issued JPMCoin, a stablecoin pegged to the USD. This March it started offering customers exposure to BTC.