Will the digital dollar ever make its way into market?

Will the digital dollar ever make its way into market?
- January 11, 2023
- Bill Maurer, anthropology, Scripps News – The Why, Jan. 11, 2023 (Video)
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Bill Maurer, UCI dean of social sciences and professor of anthropology, law, and criminology, law & society, said: “So, a CBDC would basically be a born digital denomination of the U.S. dollar. So, it would essentially never be cash – it would always be digital. The big question is how would it be designed and how would it be distributed?” [Starts 5:30]
Watch: https://video.snapstream.net/Play/7jHwBqZ80p3fGnfTGd5Eng?accessToken=cm0xe16vfndpa
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