Juan Agustín D’Attellis Noguera, a director of Banco Central de la República Argentina, the country’s central bank, publicly supported the Minister of Economy Sergio Massa in his promotion of central bank digital currency (CBDC) as a remedy for the national economy.
Giving commentary on local television, Noguera expressed his belief that the “digital peso” could help stabilize the Argentine economy as soon as 2024. In the official’s opinion, the key feature of the CBDC is its traceability, which would help the government to collect taxes: