Rep. Hill: How much money have you recovered? FinCEN: I don't know. Hill: How many criminals have you caught? FinCEN: I don't know.

Everybody is saying it

If you have to intentionally "reduce the attractiveness" so your CBDC doesn't destroy the economy, maybe it's just a bad idea in the first place.

South African Reserve Bank deputy governor Rashad Cassim recently reiterated that while a retail CBDC was technically feasible, there was no compelling case for introducing one.

CBDC Tracker

A CBDC is a digital national currency. In the case of the United States, a CBDC would be a digital form of the U.S. dollar whereas, in Nigeria, the...

Around the globe, governments want CBDCs because they want to shut down the rise of bitcoin, stablecoins, and other cryptocurrencies.

ECB's Lagarde pressures Parliament to support the digital euro ahead of tomorrow's vote while saying she's not pressuring them.

Wow! I just noticed I have nearly 1,000 followers on here. Ya'll are amazing. At this rate, I'll have more on here than on X soon. Thank you all for the support and for keeping Nostr strong!

Everything central bankers have said a CBDC will do: Expand financial access to the unbanked. Improve the application of monetary policy. Increase the speed of payments. Improve cross-border payments. Increase competition. Increase financial system resilience. Enhance financial stability. Create programmable payments. Increase financial surveillance. Stop sanctions evasion. Evade sanctions. Enhance government payments. Enhance the digital transformation of the economy. Strengthen the international role of currencies. Prevent the use of cryptocurrency. Prevent dependency on foreign payment services. Establish universal acceptance. Compete with private services while also not competing with all private services. Replace cash while also complementing cash. Create a free option for consumers while still paying businesses’ fees. “Future-proof” the economy. Reduce currency fragmentation. Reduce costs for businesses and consumers. Create a foundation for financial innovation. Prevent discrimination against central bank money If you believe them, I have a bridge to sell you.

You shouldn't have to learn the money has changed on the evening news. That's why the @HRF CBDC Tracker is here. You can know what's happening and speak up before things change.

CBDC Tracker

A CBDC is a digital national currency. In the case of the United States, a CBDC would be a digital form of the U.S. dollar whereas, in Nigeria, the...

Congress sent me follow-up questions after I testified against the Bank Secrecy Act. One side asked deep questions about how to reclaim financial privacy. The other side just wanted to know my racial and gender identity. *sigh* https://www.cato.org/testimony/questions-record-modernizing-bsa-financial-crime-21st-century

I've now been to 17 countries in my quest to raise awareness about CBDCs and financial privacy. What conferences should I be speaking at next? I need to pump those numbers up!

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I am in Prague with Gary Becker's "In Prague."

Dobrý den from the depths of Prague! By no choice of my own, it seems it’s now a tradition that I end up crossing the central bank.

Governments are increasingly recognizing that financial control is invisible control.

Authoritarians are using CBDCs—programmable money that can be turned off in an instant. They are amassing vast networks of surveillance. And they are investing more money in control than ever. A powerful warning at the @HRF Oslo Freedom Forum

A crucial reminder at the @HRF Oslo Freedom Forum. You can’t just dismantle dictatorships. You have to replace them.

“I used my platform to call out the criminal government,” says Steven Kefas at the @HRF Oslo Freedom Forum.

The @HRF Oslo Freedom Forum opens with a million dollar speaker. A million dollars because that’s the bounty the government put on her. But in reality, her impact is priceless.