ECB Christine Lagarde: Digital Currency Won't Match Cash Privacy, But Will Be an Alternative

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank: "[Central bank] digital currency will never be as anonymous and as protecting of privacy... as cash, which is why cash will always be around."

"Digital currency is an alternative... and will not provide exactly the same level of privacy and anonymity as cash, but will be pretty close in terms of complete neutrality in relation to the data."