US Digital Dollar Ban Enacted Amid Housing Bill Dispute
The post US Digital Dollar Ban Enacted Amid Housing Bill Dispute appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A US digital dollar ban just became one of the more unusual footnotes in American legislative history — buried inside a housing bill, signed by no one, and set to become law anyway. As of Friday night, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act takes effect automatically, carrying with it a four-year prohibition on the Federal Reserve issuing any form of central bank digital currency. Key takeaways A four-year ban on a U.S. CBDC is now embedded in the housing-affordability bill, blocking the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar until the end of 2030. President Trump refused to sign the bill but did not veto it, so it becomes law automatically after a 10-day constitutional window. Republicans inserted the CBDC prohibition into unrelated housing legislation, not a standalone digital currency bill. The Federal Reserve had no active plans to issue a digital dollar before the ban, and ha