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

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• Fidelity files a bitcoin ETF application
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• The situation in the Suez

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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