U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) says its time for the U.S. to create its own central bank digital currency (CBDC). Warren spoke with NBCs Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Reports, scheduled to air at 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. NBCUniversal shared a partial transcript of the conversation with CoinDesk.

• So a lot that banks do wrong, if you think, We could improve that in a digital world, the answer is, Sure you could. But in that case, lets do a central bank digital currency, Warren told Todd. Yes, I think its time for us to move in that direction.
• So a lot that banks do wrong, if you think, We could improve that in a digital world, the answer is, Sure you could. But in that case, lets do a central bank digital currency, Warren told Todd. Yes, I think its time for us to move in that direction.
• So a lot that banks do wrong, if you think, We could improve that in a digital world, the answer is, Sure you could. But in that case, lets do a central bank digital currency, Warren told Todd. Yes, I think its time for us to move in that direction.
• So a lot that banks do wrong, if you think, We could improve that in a digital world, the answer is, Sure you could. But in that case, lets do a central bank digital currency, Warren told Todd. Yes, I think its time for us to move in that direction.
• So a lot that banks do wrong, if you think, We could improve that in a digital world, the answer is, Sure you could. But in that case, lets do a central bank digital currency, Warren told Todd. Yes, I think its time for us to move in that direction.
• So a lot that banks do wrong, if you think, We could improve that in a digital world, the answer is, Sure you could. But in that case, lets do a central bank digital currency, Warren told Todd. Yes, I think its time for us to move in that direction.

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