Nick Anthony

Step 1: CBDC expanded Step 2: Cryptocurrency restricted

Who could have guessed?

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/15/russia-to-ban-direct-person-to-person-crypto-trades-in-july-2027-a93989

It's Cato Surveillance Week! Tune in every day this week as we dive into how the government is watching you.

M: Foreign Surveillance T: Financial Surveillance W: Transportation Surveillance Th: Data Brokers

https://www.cato.org/events/cato-surveillance-week-2026-domestic-foreign-electronic-surveillance-nexus

This probably says more about me than I'd like, but I couldn't resist.

"We don't need the competition, especially when we are doing such a terrible job of running the economy."

Rep. Sherman is saying the quiet part out loud. The government doing a "terrible" job intervening in the economy is exactly why we need currency competition. https://blossom.primal.net/47b5f671849f5f860839b250f4ab7dd1426aa5439273102013f5153d08e6acf8.mp4

Almost everyone has commented on Trump's $5,000 giveaway.

Almost no one has commented on the condition that money must be spent in the United States.

How exactly is that going to be enforced? https://blossom.primal.net/af49f2d6de8b1e30d338a6827d7e56cad04e7929cd6fa15dc6e1e4a5690edfca.mp4

"Nearly four years after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the pilot for the digital rupee, the central bank's flagship payments initiative is yet to become a preferred mode of payment for ordinary users." https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2026/Aug/07/digital-rupee-struggles-programmable-cbdc-comes-to-rescue

Just hire ethical people Just establish safeguards Just have oversight

Sweeping surveillance that depends on being run by angels doesn't work. https://blossom.primal.net/5d7800f7b7d07d4329466c4269f9e3696616ecdb997fd30a8869fafddcac508c.mp4

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. https://blossom.primal.net/1ec08761523f2eb1f95fef350c134cfd17468f7d3d432337ab284970f2014bb4.mp4

Everybody is saying it https://blossom.primal.net/e5a485a3c665aa7fef822f039616719e28f86ba031e30610fe106fa23618c89a.png

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. https://blossom.primal.net/046ee2e3047946e2b87a504f60c7bdfe66817f54fcea3ee87506b88686374e23.png

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.

https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/

Around the globe, governments want CBDCs because they want to shut down the rise of bitcoin, stablecoins, and other cryptocurrencies. https://blossom.primal.net/b0d3ee94a91db405630db14c2968a751649e70a8fb0d6813a0d988d670799a2f.png

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

CBDC Tracker is here. You can know what's happening and speak up before things change.

https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/

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!

Nice.

Always a joy to see the legend that is

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

Oslo Freedom Forum

A crucial reminder at the

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

Oslo Freedom Forum.

The

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.

I have to admit. I really didn’t expect the support I’ve gotten for my testimony against the Bank Secrecy Act.

Y’all really know how to make an old man shaking his fist at the clouds feel special.

CBDC sales pitch of the century coming from the Central Bank of Ireland. /s

File under "reinventing the wheel." https://blossom.primal.net/756149210650690146001a04ffe016ec0fcdec37da59d8b960e8988aa9584a06.png