No, the Digital Dollar Won't Kill Bitcoin

Why CBDCs are growing as a focus for governments, and what impact they’ll really have on bitcoin.

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Why CBDCs are growing as a focus for governments, and what impact digital dollars or yuan could really have on bitcoin.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper.

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CBDCs and the digital dollar

On today’s episode, NLW provides a 101-style overview of central bank digital currencies, looking at:

Why governments are interested in CBDCs
Why Facebook’s libra announcement accelerated CBDC development the world over
Why China’s CBDC efforts are driven by an attempt to shift power in the U.S. dollar-led global economy
How the U.S.’ rhetoric around a digital dollar CBDC is changing
Why CBDCs are likely to be good for bitcoin

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Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.