Ledger Insights: Monday April 03, 2023
The Bank of England explored the issue of programmability and government control in discussing the digital pound CBDC
Last week, Katie Fortune, senior manager of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) unit at the Bank of England (BofE), suggested that thedigital poundwill not include government-enabled programmability functions to avoid misperceptions about government overreach. Ms. Fortune was speaking at Citibanks 10th Annual Digital Money Symposium. The issue of programmability is a sensitive one in []
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