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Should We Care if the US Is Falling Behind on CBDCs?

A reading of two recent op-eds on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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A reading of two recent op-eds on central bank digital currencies.

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For this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads two selections from CoinDesk’s op-ed section:

CBDCs Are Evolution, not Revolution
- Benoit Coeure

The US Risks Getting Left Behind on CBDCs
- JP Schnapper-Casteras and Misha Guttentag

See also: The IMF, G20 and BIS Gear Up for the Central Bank Digital Currency Era

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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.

Nathaniel Whittemore