- Donald Trump cancels CBDC, favoring USD-backed stablecoins to safeguard privacy and enhance financial inclusion globally.
- A new task force will recommend clear crypto regulations to foster innovation while opposing invasive financial oversight.
President Donald Trump has taken a strategic move by issuing an executive order to boost the United States position in digital finance technology. One of the most notable orders is the country’s cancelation of central bank digital currency (CBDC). This order attests to the United States’ preference for stablecoins backed by US dollars over CBDC development, as opposed to that of other nations.
This action is considered a reaction to worries that CBDC might be utilized as too intrusive monitoring instruments violating people’s privacy.
Stablecoins, according to Trump, provide a better alternative for advancing global financial inclusion and preserving the US dollar’s status as the most often used currency worldwide. The US wants to increase its impact in the global digital financial space by helping dollar-backed stablecoins.
Trump: Emphasize Stablecoins and Financial Independence
Strong legal protections for players in the blockchain and digital asset sectors are given by this executive order. Individus and organizations today have legally acknowledged rights to access, grow, and apply public blockchain technology free from onerous legal restrictions. Furthermore, underlined by this sequence is the need for self-custody services, which let consumers freely manage their digital resources.
A fundamental issue in the use of CBDC is the stability of value, which stablecoins are said to be able to provide while preserving user anonymity. The US government thus aims to build a digital financial environment that is creative, competitive, and still upholds personal financial freedom.
Of course, this is not the case with CBDC, which is regarded to be able to provide complete control to the government; dollar-based stablecoins provide people chances to still have control over their assets.
Working Group and Regulatory Suggestion Notes
Trump established the “President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets” per this order. David Sacks will be in charge of this team and assigned to create a legislative framework that advances the growth of the crypto market. This panel is anticipated to offer suggestions within 180 days that will help to establish legal certainty and draw greater industry innovation.
It also eliminates earlier rules pertaining to crypto deemed to stifle creativity. Proposed legislative clarity should enable players in the crypto space to create innovative technologies free from governmental ambiguity.
Notably, underlined by the restriction on CBDC is the government’s concentration on safeguarding personal privacy from possible too-extensive monitoring.
Advocates of this approach think that stablecoin innovation will help the US dollar’s position on the world market to be strengthened without compromising citizens’ financial freedom. It also implies that the US will not adopt the worldwide trend in central bank digital currencies.
Meanwhile, as we previously reported, Donald Trump is under investigation for ethics after his public involvement in the TRUMP token generated national security and conflict of interest concerns. The TRUMP meme coin was mentioned in a letter addressed to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as having the ability to grant inappropriate access to foreign entities.
