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House Passes Anti-Central Bank Digital Currency Bill

The House of Representatives passed a bill prohibiting the government from creating a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

98% of Global Central Banks Open to ‘Digital Currency’: WEF

The World Economic Forum (WEF) declared in a report titled "Modernizing Financial Markets with Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC)" that at least 98% of the "global economy’s central banks are researching, experimenting, piloting or deploying central bank digital currency (CBDC) to determine how to modernize the capabilities of and improve access to central bank money (CeBM)."

Senate Staffer Behind Gay Porn Tape Fired

The U.S. Senate staffer allegedly behind a gay porn video filmed in a room inside the Heart Senate Office building has been fired by Senator Ben Cardin's (D-MD) office.

New York Fed Concludes Digital Currency Trials: ‘Dystopian’ CBDC Surveillance Concerns

The tests, which took place over 12 weeks with some of the world's leading banks, including Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co., sought to evaluate the potential of digital currencies to enhance both domestic and international payment systems.

Over 130 Nations, Representing 98% of Global GDP, Contemplate Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Amid Privacy, Government Control Concerns

"By tracking every financial transaction, they will have access to every detail of our spending, the recipient of our money, and how we allocate our resources. In essence, it replicates George Orwell’s dystopian society depicted in 1984," critics have argued.

IMF’s Push for Global CBDC Platform Raises Alarming Centralization Concerns

Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the IMF, recently confirmed at a conference in Rabat, Morocco, that the fund is working diligently on a global infrastructure to ensure interoperability between CBDCs issued by national central banks​​.

Florida Moves to Ban Central Bank Digital Currency with New Bill

"Ten banks working with an organization that is part of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently participated in a test for 12 weeks of an interoperable digital money platform that operates exclusively in U.S. dollar," a bill analysis stated.

EU in Final ‘Investigative’ Stage for Digital Currency

The European Central Bank is in the final stage of investigating the digital euro project, which aims to create a digital currency accessible to all citizens of the euro area.

Robert Kiyosaki Warns U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency Could Create a 1984-Like Surveillance State

"By tracking every financial transaction, they will have access to every detail of our spending, the recipient of our money, and how we allocate our resources," says Kiyosaki.

Texas Proposes Gold-Backed Digital Currency as Alternative to Central Bank Digital Currencies

The proposed digital currency in Texas would be unique as it would be based on a physical asset, gold, and each unit of the digital currency issued would represent a particular fraction of a troy ounce of gold held in trust.

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