Government Issued Cryptocurrencies

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There's certainly a new trend over the past year or so that governments try to create their own cryptocurrencies in order to enter the rapidly growing crypto world, and not miss out what may become a new sort of digital economy.

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I'm still on the fence on that one. On the one hand, this trend surely pushes forward cryptocurrencies, but on the other, these sorts of cryptos are not really decentralized... what do you think? Pro or against?