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Elizabeth Warren Supports Central Bank Cryptos. Should You Be Worried?

• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Mike Shedlock

The rise of private cryptocurrencies motivated the Fed to start considering a digital dollar to be used alongside the traditional paper currency. 

Politico writer Victoria Guida believes this represents a 'Once in a Century' Bid to Remake the U.S. Dollar.

The idea of creating a fully digital version of the U.S. dollar, which was unthinkable just a few years ago, has gained bipartisan interest from lawmakers as diverse as Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) because of its potential benefits for consumers who don't have bank accounts. But it's also sparking strong pushback from those with the most to lose: banks.

"The United States should not implement a [central bank digital currency] simply because we can or because others are doing so," the American Bankers Association said in a statement to lawmakers this week. The benefits "are theoretical, difficult to measure, and may be elusive," while the negative consequences "could be severe," the group wrote.

The explosive rise of private cryptocurrencies in recent years motivated the Fed to start considering a digital dollar to be used alongside the traditional paper currency. The biggest driver of concern was a Facebook-led effort, launched in 2019, to build a global payments network using crypto technology. Though that effort is now much narrower, it demonstrated how the private sector could, in theory, create a massive currency system outside government control.


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