Conservative Advocates Condemn U.S. CBDC Development, Encourage Bitcoin Adoption
The Club For Growth published a report exploring the shortcomings of a CBDC while detailing how the technology could fail in providing purported benefits.A conservative advocacy group known as The Club For Growth (CFG) has published a policy brief titled: The Case Against A U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency, per a briefing sent to Bitcoin Magazine. The brief begins by detailing the innovation that is Bitcoin by exploring its immutability, decentralization, speed, trustless operability, and its capacity for disruption by disintermediating the world of commerce and banking. Then, the report....
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On Friday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank argued for the cross-border benefits of central bank-issued digital currencies (CBDC), claiming that projects like the United States’ digital dollar would aid global development. World Bank And IMF Support CBDC Together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the two global organisations released a […]
The order focuses on a collaborative government agency effort towards ‘urgent’ CBDC development and Bitcoin and cryptocurrency regulation.
The Bank of England has decided to collaborate with MIT regarding the development of a CBDC. The Bank of England is the latest bank that has expressed interest in exploring the scope of a CBDC. This latest partnership is with MIT’s Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, through which BoE seeks to inspect and understand potential […]
Today marks the beginning of CoinAgenda, a Bitcoin conference made especially for Bitcoin investors. Companies from around the world are gathering in sunny Las Vegas to present their ideas to over a hundred hopeful investors that have or are interested in making moves in the digital currency space. One such Bitcoin company that is seeking new users (advocates) is MerchantCoin, a new cryptocurrency that exists to promote Bitcoin and greater cryptocurrency use where it is needed most: Merchants. Also read: MerchantCoin Incentivizes Bitcoin Adoption. According to their website: MerchantCoin....