On today’s episode, NLW provides a 101-style overview of central bank digital currencies, looking at:

• Why governments are interested in CBDCs
• Why Facebook’s libra announcement accelerated CBDC development the world over
• Why China’s CBDC efforts are driven by an attempt to shift power in the U.S. dollar-led global economy 
• How the U.S.’ rhetoric around central bank digital currencies is changing
• Why CBDCs are likely to be good for bitcoin