North Carolina joins Texas, Florida and South Dakota in Fight Against CBDC digital dollar
US banks are ramping up in anticipation for the introduction of the FedNow system later this year. Various government agencies actively deny that Fednow is related to CBDC implementation. However, the instant payment service could provide the underpinnings to support institutional transfers that incorporate near real-time settlement.
Earlier this year, legislators in Texas became the first to offer a solution against a federal CBDC by introducing legislation to create a state managed gold-backed digital currency.
This week, legislators in North Carolina pushed forward a law that would ban the state’s agencies and institutions from accepting any payments in central bank digital currency (CBDC).