Readers fail in an outage. The dollar did not become a CBDC

Cards and ATMs need power and a network.

Keep small cash.

The official record is a CBDC ban and a stablecoin law, not a conversion of U.S. currency to crypto.

We do not post an 18-month blackout as fact.

Tonight

Keep small cash in the stay room.

Card readers need power and a network.

The dollar is still legal tender.

Source: White House — EO 14178. We do not reprint the story. We do not invent the order.