cryptonews: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to introduce legislation to ban the use of a future U.S.-issued central bank digital currency in the Sunshine State. 👀
Standing behind a podium emblazoned with the phrase "Big Brother's Digital Dollar," DeSantis vowed "to protect Floridians from a federally controlled central bank digital currency and surveillance state." He added:
A digital dollar is, he claimed, "the most recent way the Davos elites are attempting to backdoor woke ideology like environmental, social and governance into the United States financial system, threatening individual privacy and economic freedom." DeSantis, who is very popular with Republicans, is shifting the argument from "a CBDC must protect privacy" to "it cannot protect privacy."Dominance vs Privacy
However, Rep. Emmer also noted at the time that there are several strong arguments in favor of a U.S. CBDC, notably "maintain[ing] the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency in a digital age." He said:
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