Fed conference hears stablecoins may boost USD as global reserve currency
The underlying tech of a central bank digital currency wasn’t enough to convince some panelists at a Fed conference that it could change the international currency system. A note published by the United States Federal Reserve on a recently held conference found a majority of exports believe a U.S. dollar central bank digital currency (CBDC) would not drastically change the global currency ecosystem. Panelists at the conference also agreed CBDC development outside of the U.S. doesn’t threaten the status of the dollar, but th development of cryptocurrencies could alter the role of the dollar....
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The job listing follows comments made by Fed Chair Jerome Powell in recent weeks where he said the central bank needed “better regulatory answers” for global stablecoins.
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