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Scott Bessent: “This administration has been very clear. There will be no…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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LIVE: White House press briefing with Scott Bessent

Published | Video Starts at 10:19

What's your philosophy on that and what safeguards is the treasury and its administration putting in place to make sure new digital payment systems protect Americans privacy and freedoms in the future? Well, so This administration has been very clear. There will be no central bank digital currency. which I think is, would be the first step toward tracking. So we have taken that off the table. We passed that stablecoin legislation would bipartisan and the Clarity act is now up on the Hill. (10:19–10:24)

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Asserts that the administration has decided against implementing a central bank digital currency.

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