The committee’s report said the extend of a CBDC’s potential benefit is unclear while there are risks of financial instability and privacy and data breach.
Author Aaron Day has warned against the widespread adoption of central bank digital currencies, arguing that their implementation will lead to ‘global tyranny.’
Last year, the IMF director and the heads of several central banks met in Davos. They discussed the proposed future of currencies: CBDCs. Centralized Bank Digital Currencies. These are like cryptocurrencies without the privacy. They’re digital currencies where every transaction can be tracked and regulated by a central power. China already has one in place, and there’s a push for the world to follow, including at the Federal reserve. Here to speak with us is Thomas Hogan, Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, and the former Chief Economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs.