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Bill Foster: “If you are going to prevent digital dollars from being used for ransomware, money laundering, child trafficking…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2021
If you are going to prevent digital dollars from being used for ransomware, money laundering, child trafficking, terrorism, you name it, is there any alternative to having a secure and legally traceable digital identity for all participants?
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster questions the necessity of a traceable digital identity for secure digital dollars.

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