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Dueling CBDC Bills Heading for U.S. Digital Dollar Debate in Congressional Hearing

“If not designed to be open, permissionless, and private – emulating cash – a government-issued CBDC is nothing more than a CCP-style surveillance tool that would be used to undermine the American way of life,” he said in a statement, accusing President Joe Biden’s administration – even in the absence

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House committee will reopen discussions on digital dollar in Sept. 14 hearing

The United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion will be holding a hearing discussing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for the first time in months.In a Sept. 7 announcement, Republican lawmakers on the committee said they planned to hold a hearing discussing the implications

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Bitcoin price faces 200-week trendline as US dollar hits 6-month high

Bitcoin (BTC) hugged a key long-term trendline on Sep. 7 as U.S. dollar strength hit its highest in six months.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingViewBitcoin vs. 200-week moving average forms "million dollar question"Data from Cryptox Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price moves focusing on the area around $25,700.Conditions were less

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Digital Dollar Project completes CBDC retail remittance pilot with Western Union

The Digital Dollar Project (DDP) announced the completion of a pilot study of remittance payments to the Philippines using a simulated retail central bank digital currency (rCBDC). Western Union and BDO Unibank were partners in the project.The project used a version of the DDP’s Champion Model. In it, a simulated

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