I’m proud to share that my first book is finally here. Put simply, it has everything you need to get up to speed on CBDCs. But if that’s not enough to convince you, let me walk you through some of the highlights. 🧵 🔗 https://t.co/NtRU9TYwpX

Eye-opening talk by @HRF about the danger of CBDCs. They even maintain a tracker at https://t.co/JkP9ysJ37s to monitor which countries are working on CBDCs @LuganoPlanB

Fun fact: @efenigson have been chatting behidn the scenes now for years, but we never actually met in-person until we got on stage for this recording.

🎙️Digital Currency or Digital Control? with @EconWithNick My guest today is Nick Anthony, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a fellow at HRF, and one of the clearest voices dissecting CBDCs, financial privacy, and government overreach. He authored the book “digital

This week @CatoCMFA --------------- Articles: - How Federal Policy Locked Homeowners—and the Housing Market—in Place - @NorbertJMichel & @JeromeFamularo https://t.co/avh8e5X6de - 55 Years of Financial Surveillance - @EconWithNick via @CoinDesk https://t.co/FqDu8UYwgM - Bank

Many folks are reporting that the digital euro's 2029 launch date is "breaking news." Real ones know that info has been in the @HRF CBDC Tracker since July. 😉 🔗: https://t.co/GM6qX5747d

Financial privacy has been non-existent for too long. Congress has pursued ever-increasing financial surveillance over Americans' privacy for 55 years now. It’s time for a change. @EconWithNick reveals what can be done to end this privacy abuse.

The economic collapse of Venezuela is the worst in modern history. We have lost over 2/3 of our economy from 2013. Seventy percent of our GDP was gone in a decade. Let's analyze this collapse in more detail 🧵:

"The Supreme Court knew that there was a problem with this [Bank Secrecy Act] regime. They just didn’t anticipate how quickly it would get out of control...We have hit that point. In fact, that point was crossed a long time ago." @EconWithNick on much needed AML/BSA reform!

Has anyone else noticed how the @ecb is ramping up digital euro propaganda?

“A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash.” It’s there if you want it and it’s there if you need it. And frankly, nowadays, having an escape hatch feels more necessary than ever.

I checked again. No mention of winking to a camera while waving your passport. P2P >>>>> KYC

On the @CatoInstitute podcast, @JaiKedia says moving to DC has opened his eyes to just how invasive politics can be. He says how it has been "quite shocking" to see how much politicians both "blame and credit" the Federal Reserve. https://t.co/plt6i4psJZ

Bank Secrecy Act Q&A https://t.co/V0iwmJzx9Q via @CatoInstitute

We received so many questions at our Bank Secrecy Act event, that I decided to do a follow-up Q&A below. https://t.co/n3QQnOYfrE

@EconWithNick Great piece @EconWithNick @cheyenneligon. The BSA is extremely inefficient at achieving its intended purpose. On top of that, it is producing massive unintended consequences, undermining our economic and political freedoms as a result. It is extremely important to continue

With so many great questions at our event marking the 55th anniversary of the Bank Secrecy Act, @EconWithNick thought he'd take a moment to address some of the questions that didn’t get answered on stage.

CBDCs are not restricted to authoritarian states. @CatoInstitute's @EconWithNick worked with @HRF to develop their CBDC tracker, which reveals how many countries (regardless of political systems) are currently pursuing CBDCs. https://t.co/BmyYWl8lSy

Here's a little Bank Secrecy Act Q&A, with @EconWithNick https://t.co/cRLhMPJ3Yo via @CatoInstitute

It’s time to respect financial privacy and stop treating ever-expanding surveillance as the norm. Reform needs to happen before the Bank Secrecy Act gets to celebrate its next big milestone. For more on how, check out my latest in @CoinDesk.

Congress has prioritized ever-increasing financial surveillance over protections for people’s privacy for 55 years now. It’s time for that to change.