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Key Takeaways
- Selig said a U.S. CBDC is “not going to happen” under the Trump administration.
- He tied the position to Trump’s digital-assets executive order and the President’s Working Group report.
- The stance gives more political room to private digital-money rails, especially regulated stablecoins.
The important point is not only that CFTC Chairman Michael Selig criticized central bank digital currencies. The bigger signal is that the Trump administration is treating opposition to a U.S. CBDC as a formal part of its digital-asset policy, not just a campaign slogan.
Speaking in an interview clip shared by Bitcoin Magazine, Selig said the administration had made its position clear:
“I’m very concerned about central bank digital currencies. And we, in the Trump administration, have been very clear that that’s not going to happen under our watch.”
That wording matters because Selig connected the anti-
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