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Are CBDCs kryptonite for crypto?

2022.04.06 17:10

Are CBDCs kryptonite for crypto?
Are CBDCs kryptonite for crypto?

Central bank digital currencies digital currencies backed by a central bank have received renewed interest with the United States President Joe Bidens Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. Proponents of CBDCs argue that widespread adoption will promote financial inclusion, expand public access to safe money, improve the efficiency of payments and more.

But their rationale remains tenuous. Many analysts and practitioners increasingly view CBDCs as fundamentally at odds with the purpose of cryptocurrency, which is to provide a secure, decentralized peer-to-peer mechanism for transferring funds. And the hypothetical benefits of CBDCs remain hypothetical no evidence exists yet that suggests any advantages over other examples of distributed ledger technologies in financial services, especially given the new risks they pose.

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