Category: digital dollar

How Digital Currencies Could Mark the End of Financial Freedom in America: Nick Corbishley

The United States may soon have its own digital dollar, which would track transactions while giving banks and governments full control over how people spend money. The New York Federal Reserve has launched a 12-week pilot program for a central bank digital currency, with participants including Mastercard, Citi, HSBC, TD Bank, Wells Fargo, and others….


[Premiering 12/22, 10:30 AM ET] How Digital Currencies Could Mark the End of Financial Freedom in America: Nick Corbishley

The United States may soon have its own digital dollar, which would track transactions while giving banks and governments full control over how people spend money. The New York Federal Reserve has launched a 12-week pilot program for a central bank digital currency, with participants including Mastercard, Citi, HSBC, TD Bank, Wells Fargo, and others….


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: ‘Digital Dollar’ Begins in US; G20 Used to Advance Great Reset

An experimental “digital dollar” is being rolled out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with involvement from financial companies including Mastercard, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, and Wells Fargo. The 12-week experiment will work as a test for the creation of a centralized bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, similar to the “digital…


LIVE: ‘Digital Dollar’ Begins in US; G20 Used to Advance Great Reset

An experimental “digital dollar” is being rolled out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with involvement from financial companies including Mastercard, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, and Wells Fargo. The 12-week experiment will work as a test for the creation of a centralized bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, similar to the “digital…


‘Digital Dollar’ Begins in US; G20 Used to Advance Great Reset

An experimental “digital dollar” is being rolled out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with involvement from financial companies including Mastercard, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, and Wells Fargo. The 12-week experiment will work as a test for the creation of a centralized bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, similar to the “digital…


LIVE 11/21, at 10:30 AM ET: ‘Digital Dollar’ Begins in US; G20 Used to Advance Great Reset

An experimental “digital dollar” is being rolled out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with involvement from financial companies including Mastercard, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, and Wells Fargo. The 12-week experiment will work as a test for the creation of a centralized bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, similar to the “digital…


Fed Teams Up With Major Banks to Test Digital Dollar Pilot Program

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that it would be teaming up with global financial giants to launch a 12-week digital dollar pilot program. The New York Fed’s experiment will review how banks are able to process digital dollar tokens within the central bank system and quantify their impact, with the assistance of…


The Digital Dollar Will Not Be ‘Anonymous,’ Says Fed Chair Powell

The central bank digital currency (CBDC), or digital dollar, would not be anonymous, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, thereby eliminating one of the main advantages of using cryptocurrencies. If the Fed were to pursue such an option, said Powell, there would be four minimum CBDC characteristics. The first would be intermediaries—it wouldn’t be…


No US Federal Bank Should Issue Digital Currency Directly to Citizens: Republican Senators

Three Republican senators are pushing forward legislation that seeks to ban the U.S. Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals as it could be used as a financial surveillance tool. The bill aims to amend section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act by adding the following—“No Federal reserve bank…


Do We Need a Digital Dollar?

Commentary A new presidential order touches on the matter of a digital dollar and the Federal Reserve (Fed) has at last released a promised study on the subject. The Fed reached no conclusion but made clear its openness to the matter. It has left 120 days for comment. Whatever the Fed, or the White House,…