Digital Dollar
Digital Dollar Push; Tornado Cash Blacklisted
U.S. lawmakers aim to push Fed on digital dollar. Circle freezes smart contract addresses linked to blacklisted Tornado Cash. Hodlnaut freezes withdrawals, swaps and deposits. Zipmex to release specific amounts of bitcoin and ether. Extraordinary Agent Woo production company teams up with Polygon to build NFT community.

Who Should Be Allowed to Issue Digital Dollars?
Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle, Rohan Grey, Assistant Professor of Law at Willamette University join Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long at Consensus 2022 for a conversation around crypto regulations and who should be allowed to issue digital dollars. Moderator: Angie Lau, Founder CEO Editor-in-Chief, Forkast

Ex-CFTC Chairman Discusses Celsius' Bankruptcy and CBDC Adoption
The former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss why the bankruptcy of lender Celsius Network could set legal precedent in future crypto hearings, and why the likelihood of CBDC adoption worldwide could be based on Chinese technology.

Powell Says Fed Plans Recommendation to Congress on CBDC
The Federal Reserve chairman says a digital dollar is "something we really need to explore as a country."

Digital Dollar Would Secure Greenback as Global Reserve Currency, Lawmaker Argues
Rep. Jim Himes published a 15-page white paper arguing in favor of a digital dollar.

Circle’s Disparte Calls CBDCs ‘a Preposterous Idea’ in Digital Dollar Debate
The stage at Consensus 2022 erupted with an intense dispute over the future of a Fed-managed digital currency.

Wall Street Says a Fed Digital Dollar Spells Destruction for Banks
The U.S. Federal Reserve is considering whether to launch a CBDC like other nations, and bankers argue that’s a dangerous idea.

5 Questions for Chris ‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo
The ex Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief discusses regulation, digital dollars and financial inclusion. This article is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

The History of Cash-Like Digital Payment Instruments
How and why those original digital payments projects are no longer with us today can give us an idea of what needs to be done to do it right. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.
