Stablecoins in the Hot Seat: Powell Calls Bitcoin a Substitute for Gold While Fed Says Digital Dollar Prototype Coming in July

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three major moments over the last couple days help provide insight into the future of the U.S. government’s relationship with bitcoin, stablecoins and digital currencies. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first was Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on digital assets and a central bank digital currency, saying work on a U.S. “digital dollar” was not being motivated by bitcoin or any other crypto, and that bitcoin is just a gold substitute. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The second was news out of the Boston Fed that it would be showing off two digital dollar prototypes in conjunction with MIT by July. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The third was new draft Financial Action Task Force guidance around cryptocurrencies that CoinDesk warns are</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">significantly</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">more onerous than previous guidance. </span></p> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">--</div> <div>Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io</div> <div>--</div> <div>Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</a></div> <div>Spotify: <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ" rev= "en_rl_none">https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ</a></div> <div>Google: <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Follow on Twitter:</div> <div>NLW: <a href="https://twitter.com/nlw" rev= "en_rl_none">https://twitter.com/nlw</a></div> <div>Breakdown: <a href="https://twitter.com/Breakdo