Policy Forum 

# Digital Currency: Public or Private? 

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Date and Time 

November 2, 2021 12 - 1:30 PM EDT 

Location 

Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 

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##### Featuring 

![J. Christopher Giancarlo](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-10/Christopher%20Giancarlo-cropped.jpg?itok=JKbdOvlQ) 

J. Christopher Giancarlo 

Former chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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![Dante Disparte](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-10/Dante%20Disparte-cropped.jpg?itok=cW2zgO1F) 

Dante Disparte 

Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy, Circle

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[![George Selgin](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/George%20Selgin.jpg?itok=daUqyD5g)](/people/george-selgin) 

[George Selgin](/people/george-selgin)

Former Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute

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Who should supply the nation with digital currency? Should the Fed do it, should the private sector do it, or should it be provided by some combination of the two? Join us on November 2 for a conversation with J. Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Dante Disparte, Circle’s chief strategy officer and head of global policy. The event will be moderated by Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives director emeritus George Selgin, during which Giancarlo and Disparte will discuss the merits of digital currency, both public and private.

**(Lunch to follow)**

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