The article he links is pretty corporate-speak. Can anyone translate? What's in the seeming boilerplate now that wasn't there before. Why are they excited about it and how does this mean they can do more stimulus?
They have absolutely nothing to do with crypto either.
The thing that makes an existing dollar digital is being in a new type of bank account that is held by the fed instead of a retail bank. So this is an new type of bank account, not a new type of currency.
I do a youtube channel on monetary issues and my last video was specifically on this topic. Feel free to check it out if you are interested