{"id":135391,"date":"2023-03-22T09:02:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T09:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/?p=135391"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:34:00","slug":"us-senator-ted-cruz-introduces-a-bill-to-block-feds-cbdc-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/us-senator-ted-cruz-introduces-a-bill-to-block-feds-cbdc-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senator Ted Cruz Introduces a Bill to Block Fed’s CBDC Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senate Republicans are pushing legislation to prevent the Federal Reserve and the Biden presidency from implementing a central bank digital currency (CBDC)<\/strong><\/a>. Ted Cruz proposed this in an attempt to prevent the introduction of “direct-to-consumer” CBDC.<\/p>\n

The Texas senator cautioned that the CBDC model may be used as a direct monitoring tool for people’s private transactions<\/strong> in addition to centralizing financial information.<\/p>\n

Cruz argued while presenting the legislation<\/a><\/strong> that the federal government has the ability to either foster and nurture innovation in the crypto industry or absolutely destroy it. He commented:<\/p>\n

“This bill goes a long way in making sure the big government doesn\u2019t attempt to centralize and control cryptocurrency so that it can continue to thrive and prosper in the United States.”<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the Republican, the bill’s goal is to keep the dollar’s dominance without competing with the private sector,<\/strong> and he believes it is crucial to underline that the Fed does not have, and should not have, the right to issue retail bank accounts.<\/p>\n

“We should be empowering entrepreneurs, enabling innovation, and increasing individual freedom\u2014not stifling it,\u201d<\/em> he stressed.<\/p>\n

Sens. Ted Cruz, Braun (R-Ind.), and Grassley Push for Anti-CBDC<\/h2>\n

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Per Sen. Cruz’s bill, which also has the support of Sens. Braun (Indiana) <\/strong>and Grassley (Iowa),<\/strong> the federal government does not have the right to “unilaterally” establish a central bank currency. They each voiced the opinion that a CBDC would be used as a tool for surveillance.<\/p>\n

If the measure is enacted, it will ensure that the state is not “snooping” on the assets of hardworking Americans, according to Grassley.<\/p>\n

They contend that the American people should have the freedom to spend their money however they see fit without worrying that the government could monitor each and every transaction.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Ted Cruz thinks that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) ought to uphold three fundamental principles: safeguarding financial privacy, maintaining the dominance of the dollar, <\/strong>and encouraging innovation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a result, CBDCs that disregard these standards could give the Federal Reserve the ability to transform into a retail bank, gather personally identifiable user information, and keep track of customers’ transactions indefinitely.<\/p>\n

The anti-CBDC measure is Cruz, Braun, and Grassley’s follow-up to their March 30, 2022, introduction of a bill that would forbid the Fed from issuing a CBDC to an individual directly. Since then, there has been no legislation enacting this.<\/p>\n

Although the Federal Reserve has not resolved whether to issue a CBDC, it released a study in January that examined several implications of a digital dollar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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