Lottery entrants can apply to win 200 digital yuan each. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/chinese-city-plans-third-public-digital-yuan-test-giving-away-3m-in-prize-draw

The edge-to-edge encrypted platform is built on Microsoft Azure and accessible by clients via an API. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/microsoft-indias-tanla-launch-encrypted-messaging-infrastructure-built-with-blockchain

The exchange quizzed 25 institutional players about crypto investing, including a couple of pension funds. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/etoro-survey-finds-pensions-and-endowments-are-finally-waking-up-to-crypto

The majority of the new deposits came from cryptocurrency exchange clients. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/silvergate-took-nearly-3b-in-deposits-from-digital-currency-customers-in-q4-2020

Senator Mike Flood hopes to pass the bill in order to make Nebraska a financial technology hub and create new jobs. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/nebraska-lawmaker-introduces-bills-that-would-permit-banks-to-custody-crypto

Options traders look to be preparing for further falls in bitcoin’s price in the short-term, according to put-call skew data. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-option-traders-hedge-against-downside-risk-as-price-dips-to-near-32k

The open-source project said it would not comply with Wright’s demand to take down its copy of the iconic founding document. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-org-rebuts-craig-wrights-meritless-copyright-claim-on-bitcoin-white-paper

The Wall Street Journal is reporting former Treasury official Michael Barr will replace Brian Brooks as Comptroller of the Currency. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/former-ripple-board-member-tapped-to-lead-bidens-occ-wsj

Crypto advocates, fiercely opposed both the proposed rule and the initial attempt by the previous administration to rush it through. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-wallet-rule-among-those-frozen-by-biden-pending-review

Turns out the “no inflation” meme may not be here to stay. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/lets-not-be-bitcoin-yearn-considers-minting-200m-in-new-yfi-tokens