They already have all the USDs they use currently so acquiring BTC wouldn't be a huge problem. And the potential of it growing in value is a benefit not a threat.
CBDC can be controlled from the minting perspective, but is essentially valueless if nobody outside of the circle would pay a dime for it.
Remember this is not individuals beings forced to use whatever the government shoves down their throats. It is countries clearing transactions between each other and they know the tricks, they run the central banks.
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International accounts clearing is the best case for CBDCs. Plus, it doesn't cost much of anything since the system can run on their current hardware. BTC isn't something they can control easily, which may seal the deal for CBDCs.
What will be the value behind CBDC issued by one or all of the states in the circle? One tanker full of oil is 2000 – 2500 BTC. How do you get to equivalent of that in CBDC? Remember we are talking about countries, they need something with universal value. They need to be able to convert the clearing tender into something tangible. Otherwise they are giving each other fortunes worth of products/materials for monopoly money.
