🚨 The U.S. didn't reject programmable money—it just chose who gets to control it.
First, Washington slammed the door on a government-issued programmable digital dollar.
Then it opened the door for regulated private issuers like Meta and Circle to build programmable digital dollars instead.
That shift says a lot about where U.S. policy is heading.
Supporters see it as protecting Americans from a government-controlled CBDC while encouraging private innovation. Critics argue that privately issued digital dollars can still include compliance rules, restrictions, and oversight.
One thing stands apart from both models:
🟠 Self-custodied Bitcoin.
No central issuer. No company changing the rules. No government deciding how, when, or where you can spend it.
Whether you agree or not, that's why many Bitcoin supporters see self-custody as fundamentally different from both CBDCs and corporate-issued digital money.
The debate is no longer "digital dollar or not." It's who controls the money—and who controls you.
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