London, the countdown for @Bitfest begins!

Bitfest - The UK's largest Bitcoin Festival! | MANCHESTER, UK | 19-22 November

Bitfest 2026 — The UK's Largest Bitcoin Festival | Manchester

19–22 November 2026. Bitcoin, Nostr, freedom technology, music, art, culture and more at the UK's largest Bitcoin festival in Manchester.

Step 1: CBDC expanded Step 2: Cryptocurrency restricted Who could have guessed?

The Moscow Times

Russia to Ban Direct Person-to-Person Crypto Trades in July 2027 - The Moscow Times

Russian citizens will not be allowed to buy or sell cryptocurrency directly without state-regulated intermediaries starting next summer, according ...

It's Cato Surveillance Week! Tune in every day this week as we dive into how the government is watching you. M: Foreign Surveillance T: Financial Surveillance W: Transportation Surveillance Th: Data Brokers https://www.cato.org/events/cato-surveillance-week-2026-domestic-foreign-electronic-surveillance-nexus

This probably says more about me than I'd like, but I couldn't resist.

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.

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.

ECB's Lagarde pressures Parliament to support the digital euro ahead of tomorrow's vote while saying she's not pressuring them.

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.

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!

A crucial reminder at the @HRF Oslo Freedom Forum. You can’t just dismantle dictatorships. You have to replace them.

CBDC sales pitch of the century coming from the Central Bank of Ireland. /s File under "reinventing the wheel."

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.

Did I hold up the Constitution to Congress? Yes. Did I reference the Grateful Dead? Also, yes.

Very pleased to share that I'll be testifying before Congress this Thursday on how the Bank Secrecy Act has failed!

Never a dull moment at Pubkey

No, this is not an April Fool's Day joke. This list really is everything policymakers claim a CBDC will do. https://www.cato.org/blog/cbdcs-cant-give-you-everything-everywhere-all-once

What should be done about stablecoins? The Reserve Bank of India says governments need to promote CBDCs. He says CBDCs are superior... as long as you assume every other country also has a CBDC.

Your bank may soon call asking you to prove your citizenship if this executive order goes through. https://www.cato.org/blog/know-citizenship-says-trump-banks

Responding to my work, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says, "I don't read the Cato Institute, but I do believe in financial surveillance"

Step 1: Campaign against CBDCs Step 2: Become President and issue an EO against CBDCs Step 3: Nominate the one pro-CBDC candidate, Kevin Warsh, for Federal Reserve Chair? Trump really is the president of contradictions.