More money, more participants, more participating banks and merchants – a look inside the latest DC/EP trial in Suzhou. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/china-latest-digital-currency-trial

Oon CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ on Monday, Allaire spoke about the regulatory attitudes toward stablecoins and how the incoming administration may treat crypto. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/biden-administration-supportive-crypto-circle-ceo

Abra is expanding its crypto marketplace to dozens more countries through partnerships with four fiat-to-crypto gateways. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/abra-crypto-global-marketplace-partnerships

Singapore is funding blockchain R&D. Germany’s second-largest stock exchange’s crypto app saw $1.21 billion in trading volumes this year. Grayscale is seeing a growing number of “Ethereum-first” institutional buyers. …

MobileCoin, which has been a bit of a white whale since the initial coin offering (ICO) era of 2017, announced a mainnet launch on Monday. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/mobilecoin-mainnet-launch-ftx-trading

Alexander Vinnik, an alleged BTC-e operator, was found guilty of money laundering in France and sentenced to five years in prison. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/btc-e-operator-vinnik-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-on-money-laundering-charges

This year’s rapid price gains are unnerving some investors, but NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro argues that bitcoin’s growing network could justify $52K in five years. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/first-mover-mohamed-el-erian-bitcoin-19k

Germany’s second-largest stock exchange says its trading app Bison exceeded its expectations this year. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/boerse-stuttgart-group-says-its-crypto-trading-app-has-hit-e1b-volume-in-2020

The government-backed foundation is funding research and development of commercial use cases for blockchain technology. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/singapore-blockchain-program-research-foundation

Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, is looking at blockchain tech to solve problems in the city, starting with an e-voting system. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/japan-city-kaga-blockchain-voting-id