Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin All-Time High Puts It on Pace for Highest Monthly Close

PLUS: Anonymous developers have forked a seemingly dead project to launch DeFi’s latest stablecoin.

Bilateral Saudi, UAE Digital Currency Experiment Shows Benefits of Distributed Ledgers, Central Banks Say

A joint Saudi and UAE CBDC pilot found that a distributed payment system offers “significant improvement over centralized payment systems.”

Ripple Is Cashing Out a Third of Its Stake in Surging MoneyGram

It is Ripple's first sale of MoneyGram stock since the startup invested in the remittance giant in 2019.

Curve Finance Votes to Disperse $3M in Fees to Governance Token Holders

The community vote was an exercise in decentralized governance for a protocol not unfamiliar with meeting community demands.

NYT Reveals Claims of ‘Racist or Discriminatory’ Treatment of Employees at Coinbase

The New York Times' critique of Coinbase’s internal diversity policies quotes former employees who complain of “racist or discriminatory” treatment.

Crypto Custodian Copper Aims to Bridge Gap Between DeFi and Traditional Finance With New Tool

The new tool, CopperConnect, covers the "DeFi lifecycle" as an asset moves from custody to smart contract and back.

How to Answer Your Family’s Bitcoin Questions This Thanksgiving

With bitcoin in sight of its all-time high, your no-coiner family and friends are sure to be full of questions this holiday season. CoinDesk has the answers you need, courtesy of a few well-placed friends.

Blockchain Bites: Coinbase Cuts Margin Trading, Binance Sweeps US Clients, OKEx Offers Rebates

Coinbase has also changed the way it will alert clients to relevant tax information.

Blockchain Bites: Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Fully Loaded, IRS Sends Befuddling Letters – Again

More than 500,000 ETH have been locked into Ethereum 2.0's deposit contract, kick-starting the network's major, multi-year development phase.