Dueling CBDC Bills Heading for U.S. Digital Dollar Debate in Congressional Hearing

Dueling CBDC Bills Heading for U.S. Digital Dollar Debate in Congressional Hearing


Several House bills are racing to head off a CBDC in the U.S., though a key Democrat wrote one that would set up a CBDC pilot. A Thursday hearing is set to hash out the implications of a government token, though there’s little headway in the Biden administration toward actually suggesting one.

The idea of a digital dollar in the U.S. is so egregious to Republican lawmakers that it’s become a presidential campaign talking point and the subject of multiple bills to strangle it before it takes a first breath. But Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) reintroduced a bill Thursday calling for the exact thing they’re trying

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