Central Bank Digital Currency: Fed Power Grab

Central Bank Digital Currency: Fed Power Grab

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A digital-dollar scheme would put more power into the hands of the federal government while harming consumers and the financial sector as a whole.

Recent volatility in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ether, and Dogecoin has emboldened the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to call for government regulation of digital currencies. Senate Banking Committee chairman Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) fired off a scathing letter on May 19 to President Biden’s acting…

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