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The US Just Banned Its Own Digital Dollar For Four Years — Without a Single Presidential Signature
A major piece of U.S. financial legislation just became law without the president signing it — and buried inside is a four-year ban on a government digital currency.
On July 11, 2026, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act took effect automatically under the U.S. Constitution, after President Trump neither signed nor vetoed it within the required window. While the bill's primary purpose is housing affordability, one provision has major implications for the entire digital asset industry.
◆ The law bars the Federal Reserve from issuing, creating, or circulating a central bank digital currency (CBDC) through December 31, 2030
◆ The ban covers both direct issuance and any action taken through an intermediary
◆ The bill passed the Senate 85-5 and the House 358-32 — veto-proof margins in both chambers
◆ Trump publicly refused to sign the bill in protest over a separate, unrelated voting-rights measure, but Congress being in session meant the bill became law automatically after 10 days
◆ There has never been an active federal project to build a U.S. CBDC — the Federal Reserve only released a research paper on the topic back in 2022
◆ New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has publicly called a CBDC a "bad policy choice" during his 2026 confirmation process
◆ Trump had already blocked the concept once before via a January 2025 executive order — but that could be undone by a future administration, while this new statute cannot
◆ The ban does not affect privately issued stablecoins like USDC or USDT — it only restricts the central bank itself
The crypto industry has long opposed the idea of a government-issued digital dollar, arguing it could compete directly with the private stablecoin market and raise data-privacy concerns. This new law formalizes that opposition into permanent federal statute rather than a policy that shifts with each administration.
It also puts the United States on a notably different path from other major economies. China continues expanding its digital yuan across retail and public-sector use cases, while the European Central Bank is in advanced preparation for a formal digital euro decision.
Meanwhile, the broader CLARITY Act — the crypto market structure legislation the industry has been waiting on — remains stuck without the same bipartisan momentum that carried this housing bill into law.
Do you think blocking a government digital dollar strengthens the position of private stablecoins, or does it leave the U.S. behind in the global digital currency race?
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AS Baru Saja Melarang Dollar Digitalnya Sendiri — Ini Arti Sesungguhnya
Sementara dunia menyaksikan China dan Eropa berlomba menuju mata uang digital yang diterbitkan pemerintah, Amerika Serikat justru melakukan hal sebaliknya — diam-diam melarang versi miliknya selama empat tahun ke depan, terkubur di dalam RUU perumahan.
◆ Undang-Undang JALUR Menuju Perumahan Abad ke-21 menjadi hukum federal pada 10 Juli 2026, memuat ketentuan yang melarang Federal Reserve untuk menerbitkan, menciptakan, atau mengedarkan mata uang digital bank sentral hingga 31 Desember 2030

Amerika Baru Saja Melarang Digital Dolar Miliknya Sendiri — Dan Tidak Ada yang Menandatangani RUU Itu
Larangan selama empat tahun terhadap mata uang digital bank sentral AS baru saja menjadi undang-undang federal — dan bagian paling anehnya adalah tidak ada yang benar-benar menandatanganinya. Presiden Trump menolak untuk membubuhkan namanya pada legislasi tersebut, namun RUU itu tetap lolos, sehingga otomatis menjadi undang-undang berdasarkan aturan konstitusional yang sebagian besar orang Amerika belum pernah dengar.
Ketentuan itu disembunyikan di dalam Undang-Undang ROAD Menuju Perumahan Abad ke-21, sebuah RUU bipartisan yang terutama ditujukan untuk mendorong ketersediaan dan keterjangkauan hunian. Tertanam dalam halaman-halamannya: larangan berdasarkan undang-undang yang menghalangi Federal Reserve menerbitkan segala bentuk digital dollar hingga akhir tahun 2030.

134 Countries Are Now Building Digital Currencies — And the World Just Split Into Three Completely Different Models
While one major economy banned its central bank from ever issuing a digital currency, another just made theirs pay interest for the first time in history. The global race to reinvent money has officially fractured into competing philosophies.
As of 2026, 134 countries representing roughly 98% of global GDP are exploring central bank digital currencies in some form, up from just 35 countries in 2020. But the world's three largest economic blocs are now pursuing three fundamentally different paths.
◆ China's digital yuan (e-CNY) crossed 16.7 trillion renminbi (roughly $2.3 trillion) in cumulative transaction value by December 2025, remaining the largest live CBDC pilot in the world
◆ Starting January 1, 2026, e-CNY wallet balances began earning interest at demand deposit rates — a first-of-its-kind break from global CBDC design principles
◆ The US House of Representatives passed legislation banning the Federal Reserve from ever creating a digital dollar, codifying an earlier executive order
◆ The European Central Bank is approaching a decision-phase vote on launching a digital euro, targeting a 2029 issuance timeline with a strict non-interest-bearing design
◆ Project mBridge, a cross-border CBDC settlement platform connecting China, Hong Kong, Thailand, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, continues expanding trade settlement use cases
◆ The digital yuan has been reclassified by China's central bank from "digital cash" to "digital deposits," a structural shift that makes it function more like a tokenized bank deposit
The core philosophical split comes down to one design choice: should a digital currency compete directly with commercial bank deposits, or stay deliberately unattractive as a savings tool to avoid destabilizing the banking system? China is betting the former can work with careful safeguards like deposit insurance and holding limits. Europe and the US have each concluded, for very different reasons, that it can't.
Which approach do you think will shape how the rest of the world designs its own digital currency — China's deposit-competing model, or the more restrictive Western approach?
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