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Warnings Grow That Digital Currency Could Enable Financial Control
Original: Prepping for a Cashless Control Grid: How # Digital Currency Becomes Digital # control https:// preppgroup.home.blog/202
A prepping blog post argues that the shift toward cashless payments and central bank digital currencies could give governments and banks unprecedented control over how people spend their money, allowing transactions to be monitored, restricted or switched off. The warning reflects wider anxiety in the US, UK and Europe about privacy, financial surveillance and the erosion of cash as central banks explore digital currencies.
Why now: Ongoing central bank digital currency pilots and debates about phasing out cash are fuelling fears about financial surveillance and control.
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