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US Congressman Moves To Stop CBDC ‘Dead in Its Tracks’, Introduces Bill To Block Federal Reserve

A Congressman in West Virginia's second district is introducing a new bill that would keep the Federal Reserve from carrying…

June 3, 2023

Bitcoin Firebrand Michael Saylor Says Banking Establishment Will Oppose CBDCs, Predicts Stablecoin Wind Down

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor predicts that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will face significant challenges amid talks of the US…

May 29, 2023

JPMorgan and Too-Big-To-Fail Banks Are Right To Panic Over American CBDC: Yanis Varoufakis

Economist and former Greek Minister of Finance, Yanis Varoufakis, says the current banking regime is rightfully wary of a central…

May 28, 2023

US Lawmaker Introduces Legislation Prohibiting Fed From Issuing CBDC Without Congressional Approval

A member of the US House of Representatives is introducing bi-partisan legislation that would explicitly prohibit the Federal Government from…

May 19, 2023

Ripple Unveils CBDC Platform To Enable Governments and Other Institutions To Issue National Digital Currencies

Payments platform Ripple is unveiling a new protocol that would allow large-scale institutions to issue their own central bank digital…

May 18, 2023

American CBDC Will Spark Massive Transfer of Power From Citizens to Government: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis believes an American central bank digital currency (CBDC) would dramatically empower the government at the expense…

May 17, 2023

Will US Government Freeze Bank Accounts Through Payments Network FedNow? Agency Responds to Criticism and Concern

Fed officials are addressing concerns that FedNow, the new instant payment infrastructure developed by the Federal Reserve, will allow the…

May 15, 2023

Push to Launch American CBDC Will Drive Feverish Interest In Bitcoin, Says MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor

MicroStrategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor is detailing his thoughts on the potential launch of a Central Bank Digital…

May 9, 2023

American CBDC Will Expand Government’s Power To Surveil and Control: Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy Jr

US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr is warning of the dangers of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) amid the…

May 6, 2023

North Carolina House of Representatives Passes Bill That Would Ban State From Using and Participating in CBDC Testing

Members of North Carolina’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a new bill on central bank digital currency (CBDC) showing the state's…

May 5, 2023