Congress took a deep dive into ways fintech might improve future economic stimulus efforts as coronavirus-related injections have been fraught with delay and recipient frustration. Proposals ranged from offering bank accounts backed by the Fed, to creating a U.S.-backed digital currency, to using the post office as a vessel for banking services.

A new report from Fidelity shows more than one-third of corporations around the globe are now holding digital currencies. So reports the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Researchers anticipate that 2020 will be a record-setting year for cryptocurrency-related foul play. So reports Cointelegraph.

The Chinese government has launched a pilot program for its digital currency and has plans for an expanded test during the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. So reports Bloomberg.