How to resist CBDCs – five ways you can opt out of this dystopian future

 There’s an excellent chance governments worldwide will soon force their citizens to use central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). CBDCs enable all sorts of horrible, totalitarian things. They allow governments to track and control every penny you earn, save, and spend. They are a powerful tool for politicians to confiscate and redistribute wealth as they see …[continue reading]

Operation Choke Point 2.0 Is Underway, And Crypto Is In Its Crosshairs

BY TYLER DURDEN FRIDAY, FEB 10, 2023 – 12:20 PM Authored by Nic Carter, and published via Pirate Wires, a great blog which readers are encouraged to subscribe to. What began as a trickle is now a flood: the US government is using the banking sector to organize a sophisticated, widespread crackdown against the crypto …[continue reading]

What Can I Do to Stop CBDCs?

Story at-a-glance In 2023, 11 countries have fully launched a digital currency while more than 20 more will move toward starting one 114 countries, which represent more than 95% of global GDP, are looking into CBDC — up from just 35 countries in 2020 Finance guru Catherine Austin Fitts details 10 practical steps individuals can …[continue reading]

The Big Stiff: Russia-Iran Dump the Dollar and Bust US Sanctions

Pepe Escobar • February 9, 2023     The agreement between the Central Banks of Russia and Iran formally signed on 29 January connecting their interbank transfer systems is a game-changer in more ways than one. Technically, from now on 52 Iranian banks already using SEPAM, Iran’s interbank telecom system, are connecting with 106 banks using …[continue reading]

Gold v Digital Fiat & Marxism

  Blog/Gold Posted Feb 2, 2023 by Martin Armstrong   Spread the love       QUESTION: Hi AE…so gov’t “money” (fiat currency) will become just some abstract floating measurement of value, an electronic entry in an electronic account in the cybersphere. As these various so-called gov’ts become less reliable, even between themselves, do you …[continue reading]

Russia and Iran agree to bypass SWIFT financial system

Both countries are banned from the SWIFT financial messaging system due to US and European sanctions. A screen shows VTB bank shares price at the Moscow Exchange office in Moscow on Jan. 10, 2023. – KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images   Al-Monitor Staff Iran and Russia signed a financial messaging agreement on Sunday that would …[continue reading]

Global South: Gold-Backed Currencies to Replace the US Dollar

Let’s start with three interconnected multipolar-driven facts. First: One of the key take aways from the World Economic Forum annual shindig in Davos, Switzerland is when Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, on a panel on “Saudi Arabia’s Transformation,” made it clear that Riyadh “will consider trading in currencies other than the US dollar.” So is …[continue reading]