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US Fed Is Exploring Potential for Digital Currency, Says Board Member

A member of the United States Federal Reserve’s board of governors has signalled that the institution is more open to the idea of central bank digital currency than previously.

Lael Brainard — who chairs several Fed committees — made her remarks during a speech at a symposium on the future of payments at the Stanford Graduate School of Business on Feb. 5.

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