My prediction: The US goes hybrid-mode. Does not create CBDC at US Treasury or Fed Reserve level. Instead, they will have a "blessed" stablecoin (ie. USDC) and will control it via strict regulation.
In the end, the Fed Reserve will hold USDC on its balance sheet and banks will borrow exactly like they do legacy USD.
This gives gov + financial system 90% of what they want with CBDC but its done via a proxy-of-a-proxy scenario where its plausibly deniable that its all under gov control -- and most importantly profit still is allowed to remain private.
Overall, retail CBDC projects (digital currencies designed for public use) have reached greater maturity levels than wholesale projects (digital currencies used by financial institutions that have accounts with central banks), but the past year has seen progress on a number of successful wholesale pilots.
No one tell them the race was started and won 13 years ago.
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My prediction: The US goes hybrid-mode. Does not create CBDC at US Treasury or Fed Reserve level. Instead, they will have a "blessed" stablecoin (ie. USDC) and will control it via strict regulation.
In the end, the Fed Reserve will hold USDC on its balance sheet and banks will borrow exactly like they do legacy USD.
This gives gov + financial system 90% of what they want with CBDC but its done via a proxy-of-a-proxy scenario where its plausibly deniable that its all under gov control -- and most importantly profit still is allowed to remain private.
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A new post on ZeroHedge on CBDCs:
Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Doomed To Fail - And Here's Why | ZeroHedge #20515 https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/central-bank-digital-currencies-are-doomed-fail-and-heres-why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9-QbDu1zjA
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The link to the report:
(PwC Global CBDC Index and Stablecoin Overview 2022 https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/new-ventures/cryptocurrency-assets/pwc-global-cbdc-index-stablecoin-overview-2022.pdf
An article from The Block on a recently published BIS survey on CBDCs:
Central banks in emerging economies look to CBDCs for payment efficiency, BIS report says | The Block #20138 https://archive.ph/Mt4ko https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142038/central-banksin-emerging-economies-look-to-cbdcs-for-payment-efficiency-bis-report-says https://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap123.htm
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