United Kingdom’s digital pound meets public backlash — Why?
The use of physical currency for transactions is plummeting globally, so why is the U.K. so tentative with its own central bank digital currency?
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The use of physical currency for transactions is plummeting globally, so why is the U.K. so tentative with its own central bank digital currency?
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