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On the recordMarch 16, 2022
But to what extent do we have to worry about cryptocurrency displacing fiat currency so that there is really no way for the Federal Reserve, for example, to control or attempt to control the economy?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed questions the impact of cryptocurrency on fiat currency control.

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