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 <li>Altman shared his thoughts on cryptocurrency on a podcast with Joe Rogan.</li> 
 <li>The CEO is a vocal opponent of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).</li> 
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In light of the United States government’s unfavorable position against Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, OpenAI CEO and creator of the famous <a href="https://thenewscrypto.com/chatgpt-plugin-goes-live-for-compound-chainlink-and-vc-spectra/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ChatGPT</a> app Sam Altman has voiced his dismay and profound conce­rn publicly. According to Altman, this persistent stance reflects a government’s desire to assert control over a global currency that falls outside of its sphere of influence. 
Altman shared his thoughts on cryptocurrency on a podcast with Joe Rogan. He expressed his dismay at the current political climate and his worries about the scope of government monitoring. Because of his concern that governments would be able to track and limit the buying power of their citizens, Altman was a vocal opponent of central bank digital currencies (<a href="https://thenewscrypto.com/south-korea-initiates-cbdc-trial-program-with-key-collaborations/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CBDCs</a>). 
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In contrast, he spoke with enthusiasm about <a href="http://bitcoin.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">bitcoin</a>, which he saw as a major and reasonable technological breakthrough towards the goal of a decentralized global currency. Rogan agreed with Altman’s assessment that Bitcoin was the most promising candidate for widespread adoption. 
The U.S. government has been accused of stifling the bitcoin and cryptocurrency industries by enforcing onerous laws and tax policies. Consequently, the bitcoin price has lost some of its earlier 2023 impetus following a large increase. 
Nonetheless, there may be a significant increase in price before the historic halving of bitcoin next year, according to some experts. The development of a CBDC, or digital dollar, has also been discussed by U.S. legislators and regulators. But <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Federal Re­serve</a> Chair Jerome Powell says that kind of technology is still further off in the future. 
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