"Gov. Ron DeSantis declared Friday that Florida is “on offense” as he signed two bills he said would protect Floridians against looming threats to their financial independence and financial privacy. “We’re leading, getting ahead of issues, and we’re making sure that your freedoms are protected against threats that may not even necessarily be here right now but are developing,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Fort Myers." "The bill (SB 7054) prohibits the use of a federally adopted central bank digital currency (CBDC) by excluding it from the definition of money within Florida’s Uniform Commercial Code. The bill also...