Congressman Jim Himes puts out white paper for digital dollar

From theblock.co

With heightened political attention on digitizing the dollar, one member of Congress has laid out his vision. On June 22, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) released a white paper called "Winning the Future of Money: A Proposal for a US Central Bank Digital Currency." It includes a general summation of CBDC adoption globally, as well as the traditional appraisal of pros and cons of a CBDC. However, the white paper is clearly supportive on Congress' move to authorize the Federal Reserve to issue a CBDC. “The longer the United States government waits to embrace this innovation, the further we fall behind both foreign ... (full story)