The massive story
Is the digital greenback lifeless?
July 2023
In 2020, digital currencies had been one of many hottest subjects on the town. China was effectively on its solution to launching its personal central financial institution digital foreign money, or CBDC, and lots of different international locations launched CBDC analysis initiatives, together with the US.
How issues change. Three years later, the digital greenback—regardless that it doesn’t exist—has turn out to be political pink meat, as some politicians label it a dystopian device for surveillance. And late final yr, the Boston Fed quietly stopped engaged on its CBDC challenge. So is the dream of the digital greenback lifeless? Learn the total story.
—Mike Orcutt
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