“Joe Biden announced that the U.S. dollar will now become cryptocurrency.”
Don’t bank on claims that President Joe Biden is transforming the U.S. dollar into a cryptocurrency
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- Executive Order 14067, which President Joe Biden signed in March 2022, directed the Federal Reserve to weigh the risks of using digital currency and research the possibility of using a central bank digital currency. It didn’t turn the U.S. dollar into cryptocurrency.
Is the United States government forgoing cash for cryptocurrency? A recent Instagram post claimed as much, saying President Joe Biden “announced that the U.S. dollar will now become cryptocurrency.”
“Breaking news!” the July 12 post said. “Biden unveils executive order EO-14067, a groundbreaking move that transforms the U.S. dollar into a cryptocurrency.”
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This isn’t breaking news, and it’s also wrong.
Biden signed Executive Order 14067 in March 2022. It directed the Federal Reserve to weigh the risks of using digital currency and research the possibility of using a central bank digital currency.
In September, the Treasury Department published three reports in response to the order, identifying “the real challenges and risk of digital assets used for financial services,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. The reports included one on the “future of money and payments,” but it doesn’t suggest replacing the U.S. dollar with cryptocurrency. Biden also didn’t transform the dollar into a cryptocurrency.
We rate that claim False.
Our Sources
Instagram post, July 12, 2023
PolitiFact, Executive Order 14067 does not allow the federal government to electronically control money, Sept. 8, 2022
The White House, Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets, March 9, 2022
U.S. Department of the Treasury, The Future of Money and Payments, September 2022
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Statement from Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on the Release of Reports on Digital Assets, Sept., 16, 2022
