The Boston Herald interviews Jim Cunha for "Boston Fed Bank explores cryptocurrency with MIT"

By JOE DWINELL | joed@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald

PUBLISHED: August 14, 2020 at 8:29 p.m. | UPDATED: August 15, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

The Boston Fed is toying with a digital dollar.

The Hub’s Federal Reserve Bank is teaming up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study the blockchain technology that enables cryptocurrency to be traded. And, based on the latest figures, the currency is red hot.

“We’re not building this for tomorrow, we’re building this for future years,” said Jim Cunha, senior vice president at the Boston Fed.

Boston Fed Assistant Vice President Robert Bench is working for Cunha to rip apart what makes cryptocurrency — sold as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and more — be so successful…