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By Pankaj K
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How a Housing Bill Killed the Digital Dollar. The housing legislation was time-sensitive. Letting it stall risked disruption to government…
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Global Race the U.S. Just Stepped Back From. Here's the uncomfortable part for anyone tracking the global digital currency race.
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CLARITY Act Still Waiting in the Wings. Meanwhile, the CLARITY Act sits in legislative limbo.
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A federal ban on Central Bank Digital Currency development is now law. It passed without Donald Trump's signature, locking the U.S.
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The ban landed inside a housing bill. Not a fintech bill, not a monetary policy package — a housing bill. That's the part that's kind of wild.
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The housing legislation was time-sensitive. Letting it stall risked disruption to government services, so the procedural clock ran out before any executive objection could block…
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That's not unprecedented in U.S. legislative history, but it's pretty striking when the policy in question touches something as consequential as the future of American money.
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The ban aligns with a broader political current that's been running through Washington for a while now.
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More context: Congress Buries CBDC Into Housing Law, Bypassing Trumps Veto
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That's not to say a CBDC is automatically good policy. The privacy arguments against it are real and worth taking seriously.
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The 2030 deadline will get revisited. It has to. Political dynamics shift, economic priorities change, and whoever holds power in Washington four years from now will face this…
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Meanwhile, the CLARITY Act sits in legislative limbo. It's meant to lay out clearer rules for digital assets more broadly — not just CBDCs, but the wider crypto ecosystem.
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See also: Real Visions Jamie Coutts Sees Bitcoin Hitting $250,000 Before Any Million-Dollar Talk
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The CBDC ban's passage complicates that picture. It's hard to build a coherent digital asset policy when one major piece — the government's own potential role as a currency…
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For now, the federal government can't build a digital dollar. That's the law. The CLARITY Act hasn't moved.
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