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Jan 2022
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BREAKDOWN: The Federal Reserve Shares It...

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The long-awaited CBDC paper has finally been released. This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.  For more than a year, the Federal Reserve has been talking about a forthcoming paper on central bank digital currencies in the U.S. Now that the paper has finally been released, NLW walks us step by step through the Fed’s thinking and shares the initia ... Show More
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