Just as NY announces that they have setup a working party to look into Crypto, Beam is announced.
The banking cartel cannot hope to keep up with the crypto world devs.
Beam is based on the idea of anon, thereby bypassing the KYC issues that are sure to come with any National currency.
The cartel are and always will be playing catch up.
https://www.coindesk.com/the-first-cryptocurrency-to-use-mimblewimble-privacy-tech-is-now-live