US Senator Ted Cruz Warns About Dangerous CBDC
US Senator Ted Cruz just released a warning about CBDCs. Check out the following reports about this below. Ted Cruz addresses warning about CBDCs Cruz addressed the dangers behind the adoption of CBDCs. In a new intervie...
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US Senator Ted Cruz just released a warning about CBDCs. Check out the following reports about this below.
Ted Cruz addresses warning about CBDCsCruz addressed the dangers behind the adoption of CBDCs. In a new interview at a Bitcoin (BTC) policy summit hosted by Swan Bitcoin, Cruz said that a CBDC is giving the government too much control over people’s currency.
“I’m very concerned about the risk of a CBDC. President Biden, early in his presidency, issued an executive order directing the Federal Reserve to study creating a central bank digital currency. And the New York branch of the Fed is actively working on doing exactly that. I think that’s exceptionally dangerous.”
Cruz contained and said the following:
“We see China moving forward with the intention of using a CBDC to destroy all the value of Bitcoin, to destroy anonymity, to destroy decentralization. Their objective is precisely the opposite of a distributed ledger system. They want a centralized ledger that the government has complete visibility into and complete control over. And I think that is profoundly dangerous.”
He also stated this:
“I’ve introduced legislation to prohibit the Fed or the federal government from creating a CBDC. I don’t want the government having control over your finances.”
Cruz says that those in the government opposing Bitcoin are the same ones pushing for a CBDC because they do not want to give up the ability to monitor and control people’s finances.
“By the way, the same people that want a CBDC, they hate Bitcoin and they hate cash. Let’s be clear. They don’t like cash for exactly the reason I like cash, because it is not subject to centralized control. It is not subject to constant surveillance.”
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