Banning wholesale CBDC is nonsensical. It has nothing to do with surveillance and everything to do with modernizing how American financial institutions and our central bank engage in intrabank cross-border transactions. This suggestion of Big Brother and monitoring is just a fabrication, a bogeyman. We must support financial innovation and not hide from the future.
Addressing the implications of banning wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) during a debate.
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