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CBDC Paper Released, NY DFS Grants License, Study Cites Crypto Adoption By: The Digital Dollar Project, a partnership created by the Digital Dollar Foundation, released a white paper this week highlighting use cases for a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC, or a digital dollar) and proposing several pilot programs for the technology. The pilot programs highlight applications of a digital dollar for various types of consumers, ranging from underbanked consumers to large financial market infrastructure payers. This week, New York’s Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) announced the...