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federalreserve.gov
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve says it has made no decision to issue a CBDC and would only proceed with authorizing law. It also says any CBDC would need to balance privacy rights with transparency to deter criminal activity.
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whitehouse.gov
Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
The executive action states agencies are prohibited, except as required by law, from establishing, issuing, or promoting CBDCs and cites risks to individual privacy and the financial system.
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cato.org
The Risks of CBDCs
Cato argues that CBDCs could let governments control financial activity through freezing assets, programmable spending, and transaction monitoring, including the ability to censor or exclude users.
cei.org
Central Bank Digital Currencies Threaten Global Stability and Financial Privacy
CEI argues CBDCs would increase government regulatory power and could become a tool for economic and social control, especially because programmability and transaction data collection could centralize control.
republicanpolicy.house.gov
The Danger of Central Banking Digital Currencies
This report warns that CBDCs are programmable and centrally monitored, and says that could allow the government to set limits on what can be bought or to freeze or seize resources.
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