Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 29, 2020

As bitcoin’s chance at a new record high fades for 2020, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

At press time, bitcoin was seeing a 6% probability of trading above the historical 2017 all-time high of $20,000 by the end of December.

Blockchain pioneer Caitlin Long is now the CEO of her own special purpose depository institution (SPDI) in Wyoming.

Tiff Macklem said Canada’s digital dollar initiative is progressing past the experimental phase, and that the G7 needs to coordinate on digital currencies.

One alleged conspirator tried to SWAT a henchman after that person “failed to share” the pair’s stolen crypto.