Brian Brooks: US-based CBDC Is ‘Never’ Going to Happen

May 26, 2021

Central banks around the world are launching CBDCs, but Brian Brooks, former Acting Comptroller of the Currency and CEO of Binance.US, says it’s unlikely the U.S. will actually make its own CBDC. “It’s clearly the Chinese way. I don’t think we’re going to see that in this country,” Brooks said.

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