US treasury official confirms ongoing central bank digital currency study - CoinGeek
The U.S. Treasury Department is actively considering the benefits of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to comments from a senior official at the department this week.
Deputy Treasury Secretary Justin Muzinich made the remarks in a presentation to the Atlantic Council in a digital seminar session, in which he suggested a CBDC was already under active review.
"It's something we're studying [T]his is really a decision which sits as much with the Fed as it does with the Treasury."
He said there were a number of ben