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Chris Giancarlo’s Digital Dollar Project Names Ex-Treasury, CFTC Officials To New Board

Ramsey Baker

Summary: The Digital Dollar Foundation, an effort by former CFTC officials Christopher Giancarlo and Daniel Gorfine in partnership with Accenture, unveiled a board of advisors that contained a number of former government officials and industry experts. In order to boost advocacy efforts, the Digital Dollar Foundation revealed their new board of advisors, made up of 22 ...

The Digital Dollar Foundation, an effort by former CFTC officials Christopher Giancarlo and Daniel Gorfine in partnership with Accenture, unveiled a board of advisors that contained a number of former government officials and industry experts.

In order to boost advocacy efforts, the Digital Dollar Foundation revealed their new board of advisors, made up of 22 individuals tasked with developing the framework for creating a U.S. CBDC.

The new members include  Sigal Mandelkar, former undersecretary for the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; Tim Morrison, who served as an advisor for U.S. President Donald Trump; Sheila Warren, who leads the World Economic Forum's (WEF) blockchain efforts; Don Wilson, founder and CEO of diversified trading firm DRW; and Sharon Bowen, former commissioner of the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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