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Stablecoins in the Hot Seat: Powell Calls Bitcoin a Substitute for Gold While Fed Says Digital Dollar Prototype Coming in July
An action-packed couple days in U.S. crypto regulatory commentary.
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An action-packed couple days in U.S. crypto regulatory commentary.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper, and this week’s special product launch, Exodus.
Three major moments over the last couple days help provide insight into the future of the U.S. government’s relationship with bitcoin, stablecoins and digital currencies.
The first was Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on digital assets and a central bank digital currency, saying work on a U.S. “digital dollar” was not being motivated by bitcoin or any other crypto, and that bitcoin is just a gold substitute.
The second was news out of the Boston Fed that it would be showing off two digital dollar prototypes in conjunction with MIT by July.
The third was new draft Financial Action Task Force guidance around cryptocurrencies that CoinDesk warns are significantly more onerous than previous guidance.
See also: How CBDCs Give ‘Absolute Control’ to Central Banks
Image credit: Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images News
HOST
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.
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