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CBDCs Will Enable the Government To Seize Your Money, Says Ex-US Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says greenlighting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the US will have repercussions…

January 25, 2024

Ripple To Partner With Georgia’s Central Bank in the Eurasian Country’s CBDC Pilot

Payments platform Ripple Labs is collaborating with the central bank of Georgia to create the nation’s first central bank digital…

November 4, 2023

Wells Fargo Says an American CBDC Could Be Designed, Approved and Launched in Three to Five Years

Strategists at a Wells Fargo subsidiary think the US could design and release a central bank digital currency (CBDC) within…

October 27, 2023

Cardano Creator Charles Hoskinson Says Game of Crypto vs. CBDCs Now Underway – Here’s What He Means

Cardano (ADA) creator Charles Hoskinson says that the real battle in digital assets is now between cryptocurrencies and central bank…

October 17, 2023

Mastercard and Reserve Bank of Australia Test CBDC on Ethereum Utilizing ‘Authorized Parties’

Payments processing giant Mastercard and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have successfully tested the interoperability of a central bank…

October 13, 2023

BIS and Three Central Banks Successfully Complete CBDC Experiment Using DeFi Networks

The global central bank umbrella organization has successfully completed a cross-border trading experiment using central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and…

October 3, 2023

Vitalik Buterin Warns CBDCs Moving in Wrong Direction, Calls Them ‘Front Ends’ for the Banking System: Report

Ethereum (ETH) co-creator Vitalik Buterin reportedly says that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are not developing in the way he…

September 24, 2023

US Anti-CBDC Bill Passes Through House Financial Services Committee Along Party Lines

US legislators in the House Financial Services Committee have voted in favor of a proposed law that aims to stop…

September 22, 2023

US Lawmakers To Review Bill on Preventing Creation of CBDC This Week

US lawmakers are reviewing a bill this week that would prevent the Federal Reserve from carrying out experiments related to…

September 19, 2023

Tom Emmer Launches Anti-Surveillance State Act With 49 Republicans in New Push Against CBDCs

Congressman Tom Emmer is leading the reintroduction of a bill that aims to prevent the Federal Reserve from creating a…

September 13, 2023