US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. spoke out against central bank digital currencies, calling CBDCs a threat to citizens' financial freedom. In an interview with cryptocurrency blogger Peter McCormack for the What Bitcoin Did podcast, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the Central Bank's digital currencies could violate user privacy. Governments will be able to monitor any expenses of citizens, thereby encroaching on their personal freedom, the politician is confident. “Central bank digital currencies can be attractive to technocrats and totalitarians because they will know everything you do. Every transaction can be taxed. Payments can be tracked and banks can make money on every transaction you make. Nothing will escape their control, and you will lose your freedom. Additionally, CBDCs can be programmable,” Kennedy Jr. said. He warned that with the help of government stablecoins, a social credit rating could be introduced. This will give the authorities the right to deprive people of the opportunity to use their own money for any reason. Bitcoin can be the answer to the threat posed by digital CPU currencies, including the digital dollar. The presidential candidate called it an "elegant solution" for the financial freedom of citizens, because the first cryptocurrency is not controlled by anyone. Robert Kennedy Jr. is considered an active supporter of Bitcoin. In June, he promised that he would defend the right of citizens to freely own Bitcoin if he won the election. Earlier, the politician said that there should be no opponents of cryptocurrencies in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), therefore, if he becomes the president of the US, he will nominate employees who have a good attitude towards cryptocurrencies to the department.

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