The Fed Chair and the Treasury Secretary Come Out Against Privacy-Respecting Anonymous Digital Dollar

The fight to protect privacy in the central bank digital currency era just got more intense.

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The fight to protect privacy in the central bank digital currency era just got more intense.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper, and this week’s special product launch, Exodus.

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Our main discussion:

In response to a question from Illinois Democrat Bill Foster during a House hearing earlier this week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell went on the record as being against an anonymous digital dollar. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reinforced that stance, saying anonymity made the U.S. government’s anti-money laundering goals extremely difficult to achieve.

In today’s episode, NLW breaks down why bitcoiners should be willing to get involved in the digital dollar privacy fight.

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Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.