Nicholas Anthony
Nicholas Anthony is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, a fellow at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), and a member of the Economic Inclusion Group’s Advisory Board. Anthony’s research covers a wide range of topics within the field of monetary and financial economics, including central bank digital currency (CBDC), financial privacy, cryptocurrency, and the use of money in society. Anthony is the author of Digital Currency or Digital Control? and maintains the HRF CBDC Tracker.
Session
During this talk, I will explain the practical implications of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In doing so, I will explore why it so important to be building freedom tech now as CBDCs continue to be launched. Building defenses for our freedoms is much harder after assualts have already begun.
I've been documenting CBDC development at the Cato Institute and Human Rights Foundation for years. In addition to writing a book on the subject, I also run the HRF CBDC Tracker where I detail developments in over 149 jurisdictions.