Akela frames cryptocurrency as possibly state-originated by raising the possibility that Satoshi Nakamoto was a cover identity, that debt default could trigger a move into digital money, and that central bank digital currencies may be part of the same transition.
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Central Bank Digital Currency
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Akela frames the origin of Bitcoin as potentially state-linked by explicitly raising the possibility that Satoshi Nakamoto was the NSA and by pairing that suspicion with a question about central bank digital currencies.
Jiang says programmable digital currency would be much more dangerous in the United States than in China because Americans are accustomed to civil liberties, and a programmable monetary system would let authorities directly regulate behavior through spending controls.
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"you know it makes it makes a lot of sense um yeah trying to trying to make sense of a lot of things the..."
"...digital currency. The Central Bank Federal Reserve has been pushing central bank digital currencies for a long time. I believe the EU European Central..."
"...cryptocurrency? And I'd be curious what your opinion is on central bank digital currencies as well. I mean, yeah."
"losing my wallet or whatever. I just pay everything online. You can do all sorts of like really complex transactions very easily nowadays. So..."
"...that is the law of the land in America. So central bank digital currency, they flirted with a lot, and they really flirted with..."
"...carnage, World War III and usher in maybe a global central bank digital currency powered by AI and social credit scores."
"...usher in a social credit score, a digital ID, a central bank digital currency, a stable coin standard. They want everyone to put their..."
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