EconWithNick
Nick Anthony

Research Fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and Fellow at the Human Rights Foundation. Covering CBDCs, financial privacy, and cryptocurrency. Opinions are my own.

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2026-09-17 15:47:36 UTC

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Yep... I had to do a double take when I heard this.

2026-09-15 17:24:37 UTC

"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

2026-09-10 18:04:07 UTC

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

2026-08-11 15:18:29 UTC

"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

2026-08-11 13:24:48 UTC

>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

2026-07-21 14:54:58 UTC

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

2026-07-02 18:05:58 UTC

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I've got a quick explainer here!
https://primal.net/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpx4k0yez0x4akf0q8hr4yeyt2ph80u2qjuvhrlvh8cqltpz6rv0vqqw8w6rpwskkjuedw35x2ttzv9hxkttnv43hyetr0ykkzcm5p4nsd6

2026-07-02 14:42:51 UTC

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

2026-06-29 16:06:30 UTC

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Pretty much. In Europe, the central bank is trying to make the CBDC intentionally bad so people don't use it. In America, the commercial banks want legislation to make stablecoins bad so people don't use them.

2026-06-29 14:58:49 UTC

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

2026-06-29 12:12:55 UTC

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/

2026-06-28 19:32:01 UTC

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The best

2026-06-23 12:42:30 UTC

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Team work makes the dream work. I'm sorry you have to go through this, but you have many friends here, Craig!

2026-06-23 12:39:47 UTC

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It's honestly sad that she wants this to be her legacy. At best, a complete waste of time, money, and energy. At worst, a tool of authoritarian control.

2026-06-23 12:37:32 UTC

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

2026-06-22 16:12:16 UTC

ECB's Lagarde pressures Parliament to support the digital euro ahead of tomorrow's vote while saying she's not pressuring them.
https://blossom.primal.net/a94d97bb6a2336140ec354f2a2388e3fbd63fcb226adaf637c21893bdb6b4132.mp4

2026-06-22 16:07:24 UTC

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!

2026-06-22 15:33:42 UTC

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.

2026-06-18 13:25:59 UTC

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Yes. The BIS and other central banks call say that Project Agora focuses on tokenized central bank reserves. But at the end of the day, that's effectively a wholesale CBDC.

2026-06-18 13:23:29 UTC

You shouldn't have to learn the money has changed on the evening news.
That's why the @nprofile…rzcm CBDC Tracker is here. You can know what's happening and speak up before things change.
https://blossom.primal.net/a6ed560f7fbe67eea3132342eef625c5673f7866fb2e677edb8c1941b24d93a0.mp4
https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/

2026-06-17 16:48:29 UTC

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

2026-06-16 11:49:27 UTC

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Thank you for the flag! I've yet to visit Spain

2026-06-15 20:14:26 UTC

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Thank you, Myriel! That is so kind of you to say. I had a blast and look forward to next year already.

2026-06-15 20:14:05 UTC

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Thank you, Myriel! That is so kind of you to say. I had a blast and look forward to next year already.

2026-06-15 20:13:26 UTC

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Ah, no. The map is the HRF CBDC Tracker, not my travels. I just realized that wasn't clear from my post. I really want to visit, though. It's on my bucket list.

2026-06-15 20:12:33 UTC

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I spoke there twice last year and had so much fun. I'm hoping I get to go back soon.

2026-06-15 18:56:36 UTC

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!
https://npub1n2m8jv38n27myhsrm36jvj94qmnh79qfwxt3lktnuq04s3dpk8kq2agflr.blossom.band/377d54879af2f8e5621c594f13d1fcd99a82cf173272f32d1205f8adaaa695a3.png

2026-06-13 13:41:08 UTC

Nice.
https://blossom.primal.net/6688372bdcff068c05904ac0653aed49f93dbdf12ab489dfed8f70f349d28d15.png

2026-06-13 08:17:33 UTC

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Haha thank you!!

2026-06-11 12:56:27 UTC

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ZEUS!

2026-06-10 20:04:31 UTC

Always a joy to see the legend that is @npub1spd…q6j7
#nevent1q…pgdh

2026-06-09 12:49:43 UTC

I am in Prague with Gary Becker's "In Prague."
https://npub1n2m8jv38n27myhsrm36jvj94qmnh79qfwxt3lktnuq04s3dpk8kq2agflr.blossom.band/fceafcab5d8d454d445ed41f7ef8d2907e225509a246a82c22be81a5e7c14848.jpg

2026-06-08 12:29:26 UTC

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.
https://image.nostr.build/218eb99bdc49bc5b0dc0fdcc44c0757a0167d58bf58e573afa34473c46a0cf7c.jpg

2026-06-05 12:06:13 UTC

Governments are increasingly recognizing that financial control is invisible control.
https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/9ab67932279abdb25e03dc752648b506e77f140971971fd973e01f5845a1b1ec/6fadc94e8b9e39d913ddd88a88c61fbc1a12920ef720f7a72fd11cde47c52ac8.mp4

2026-06-01 10:18:41 UTC

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 @npub17xv…c9as Oslo Freedom Forum
https://image.nostr.build/b2e21bc921b16476e38363d6c958368893ec39c540670e4bd35dfb4f8d7503b7.jpg

2026-06-01 08:36:27 UTC

A crucial reminder at the @npub17xv…c9as Oslo Freedom Forum.
You can’t just dismantle dictatorships. You have to replace them.
https://image.nostr.build/ea67d3cba3dbc32cc7e72bee7f1b83d0902bfa6067a10d861c7eecbb6167edcf.jpg

2026-06-01 08:29:52 UTC

“I used my platform to call out the criminal government,” says Steven Kefas at the @npub17xv…c9as Oslo Freedom Forum.
https://image.nostr.build/3262dc500b13562e7a44fa65620d1c397925ad9e73df4309fe8e83f43357ee26.jpg

2026-06-01 08:28:49 UTC

The @npub17xv…c9as 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.
https://image.nostr.build/5eab6c5123eb0284e5b22ddc153d39edf19e317156fabf3ec409ebdb8e483f4c.jpg

2026-05-31 08:47:08 UTC

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.

2026-05-28 12:54:09 UTC

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

2026-05-27 13:13:30 UTC

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Thank you!

2026-05-26 15:51:18 UTC

FinCEN is busy telling banks how to comply with the law while it is actively breaking the law. https://www.cato.org/blog/reporting-fincens-suspicious-activity-2026-edition

2026-05-24 09:35:53 UTC

The Fourth Amendment does not expire with inflation.
It does not pause at the border.
And it does not bend to whichever crisis the government invokes this decade.
It’s time for Americans to know that the Bank Secrecy Act is really the Bank Surveillance Act.
https://npub1n2m8jv38n27myhsrm36jvj94qmnh79qfwxt3lktnuq04s3dpk8kq2agflr.blossom.band/95d97bf8c0566b950c5ae8e30d2731011d89022bf1d5fd40263703129730625d.mp4

2026-05-23 01:10:24 UTC

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Much love!

2026-05-22 23:01:38 UTC

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I’m going to have much to say about that one…

2026-05-22 23:00:44 UTC

@npub1key…lt3h does bitcoin pizza day right.