A Bank of America report on a possible mass-adopted digital euro noted that such movement could spell difficulty for commercial banks that could see some of their deposits migrate …

The troubled bitcoin mining pool is up 181 PH/s from its 18 PH/s lows in November. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/okex-bitcoin-mining-pool-hashrate-recovery

Bitcoin’s options market has flipped bearish for the short term while Citi analysts downgrade MicroStrategy’s stock. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-short-microstrategy-index

Bitfury current holds 37.2 million shares of Hut 8. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitfury-sell-hut8-stake-bitcoin-mining

The number of crypto criminals using so-called privacy wallets to help hide their identities is on the rise, according to analytics firm Elliptic. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/over-13-of-bitcoin-crime-proceeds-laundered-through-privacy-wallets-elliptic

“A big day for bitcoin privacy” said developer Chris Belcher as he announced a test transaction implementing a promising privacy technology invented years ago Source: https://www.coindesk.com/first-coinswap-test-herald-era-stronger-bitcoin-privacy

Germany’s Bankhaus von der Heydt is working with Bitbond for the first direct issuance of a stablecoin by a bank on Stellar, the firms said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-banks-is-issuing-a-euro-stablecoin-on-stellar

Bitwise has launched the first crypto index fund available to investors in the U.S. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitwise-crypto-index-fund-us-investors

The British arm of the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange saw a sharp downturn in business in 2019. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-uk-discloses-22-profit-drop-in-2019

Speaking at the Singapore Fintech Festival, ING’s blockchain lead spoke publicly for the first time about the bank’s trials with digital assets. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/ing-bank-opens-up-about-crypto-custody-solution-at-singapore-fintech-event