{"id":293945,"date":"2023-01-31T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=293945"},"modified":"2023-08-05T15:36:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T14:36:06","slug":"elon-musk-downplays-cbdc-conspiracy-chatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/elon-musk-downplays-cbdc-conspiracy-chatter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk downplays CBDC conspiracy chatter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DocumentingBTC\/status\/1620124058326269952\">Elon Musk<\/a> brushed aside talk of a conspiracy involving Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), alluding to market forces controlling the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, when asked if he had concerns about plans to move to a CBDC, the Twitter and Tesla CEO said, &#8220;I don't think they know what they are talking about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>CBDC skepticism<\/h2>\n<p>The Atlantic Council's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/cbdctracker\/\">CBDC tracker<\/a> shows 11 programs launched to date, 17 in the pilot phase, and 72 in the research and development phase.<\/p>\n<p>It recently emerged that all <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/g7-economies-move-into-development-stage-of-cbdcs\/\">G7 countries<\/a> had moved into the development stage of a centralized digital currency, suggesting a coordinated push toward this direction.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 18, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/the-digital-dollar-project-publishes-updated-white-paper-furthering-exploration-of-a-us-cbdc-301724360.html\">Digital Dollar Project<\/a>, a nonprofit organization supporting a U.S. CBDC, announced updating its whitepaper while calling for the U.S. government to develop a digital currency regulatory framework &#8220;regardless of whether it decides to deploy a digital dollar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As plans to develop CBDCs have accelerated, so has the pushback against them. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetSilv\/status\/1618508024406245377\">Wall Street Silver<\/a> recently cited a tweet from former Congressman Justin Amash, saying money and state should be separated while calling the digital dollar &#8220;one of the most dangerous developments in history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Political Writer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMelville\/status\/1619008834307231744\">James Melville<\/a> went to the extreme of claiming the rollout of digital currencies is inevitable. If so, this would imply public consultations and talk of &#8220;no decision has been made&#8221; is pure theater.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Central Bank Digital Currencies: It\u2019s not a conspiracy theory. It\u2019s an agenda.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Musk hints at people's power<\/h2>\n<p>Musk did not answer when asked about FTX being a ploy to bring about greater centralization of money. Instead, he said, &#8220;almost all money is digital already.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Laughing, he described the monetary system as &#8220;rickety mainframes running ancient COBOL&#8221; while doing everything in batch mode.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The fiat monetary system for practical purposes consists of a series of heterogeneous mainframes running antiquated COBOL. That's the money system, by the way. It's kind of embarrassing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the matter of conspiracy, Musk said he thinks CBDCs are irrelevant in that people will use whatever accrues value and overlook that which does not.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Whether banks create their own cryptocurrency, I think, is somewhat irrelevant. People will use the cryptocurrencies that they think will accrue value over time, and not use the ones that don't.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nigeria's e-Naira launched in the fall of 2021 and has so far failed to gain traction. Estimates suggest less than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/central-bank-digital-currency-war-cash\">0.5%<\/a> of the population is using the CBDC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk brushed aside talk of a conspiracy involving Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), alluding to market forces controlling the outcome. 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