With a runway of a year or more before the Federal Reserve and other major central banks can launch digital currencies, bitcoin and other private cryptocurrencies could gain a …

Cash proceeds from the Trust’s liquidated XRP will be distributed to Trust shareholders, Grayscale said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/grayscale-investments-begins-dissolution-of-grayscale-xrp-trust-after-sec-suit

After his most recent stint teaching about blockchain at MIT, former CFTC head Gary Gensler is reportedly the next SEC Chair. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/late-confirmation/gary-gensler-next-sec-chair

Back in October, one trader made a long-shot bet that bitcoin would hit $36,000 by January. It paid off in a spectacular way. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-options-bet-on-36k-58m-profit

DeFi tokens are attracting investors as bitcoin’s rally fades and new protocols are updated. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/defi-tokens-altcoins-bitcoin

With BTC looking at gloomy short-term price predictions and altcoins on the rise, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/markets-daily/bitcoin-news-roundup-jan-13-2021

The partnership is designed to lower the high cost of entry for would-be bitcoin miners. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/foundry-compute-north-hosted-bitcoin-mining-partnership

“Ultimately we end up with something that looks and feels a little bit like what you see in the prime brokerage space.” Source: https://www.coindesk.com/crosstower-launches-capital-markets-desk-to-bring-institutions-to-its-spot-exchange

The BTCetc bitcoin ETP (BTCE) tracks the price of bitcoin and is physically backed. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/new-bitcoin-etp-launches-on-swiss-stock-exchange-six

The price of ether dove hard last weekend, but the number of validators joining the Eth 2.0 network continues to grow, regardless of price movements. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/valid-points-price-dips-60k-validators-and-eth-2-0s-graffiti-messages