Why I’m Suing the Government
Given how the rise of CBDCs has increasingly become a public concern, the American people deserve to know what the DOJ and the White House think needs to be done to create a CBDC in the United States.
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.
Given how the rise of CBDCs has increasingly become a public concern, the American people deserve to know what the DOJ and the White House think needs to be done to create a CBDC in the United States.
If this is the best that officials can come up with, CBDCs should be rejected.
The digital euro is for sanctions evasion, the European Central Bank says.
If you don’t like financial surveillance, Secretary Bessent says you should get out of the country.
The Massachusetts Congressman claims the BSA is “highly useful” to combat terrorism. The data says otherwise.
The economists don’t seem to understand economics.
Ultimately, Congress got us into this mess, and Congress has the power to introduce transparency, end reputational risk regulation, and reform the Bank Secrecy Act.
This story has happened countless times.
In the first 21 days of 2026, the French central bank governor managed to get it wrong on Bitcoin, US history, gold, and CBDCs.
Adjusting the thresholds for financial surveillance would mark a substantial improvement for Americans’ financial privacy.
Considering the pain and frustration debanking has caused, ending governmental debanking shouldn’t be controversial.
If Congress is going to put an end to these abuses once and for all, serious reforms are needed.
Across the country, 135 of the 192 Federal Reserve distribution locations have stopped circulating pennies.
The public shouldn’t be fooled. CBDCs are about restricting freedom, not preserving it.
The government has the power to decide, at the drop of a hat, who receives access and who doesn’t.
Although the bill repeats some of the missteps found in Senator Kevin Cramer’s (R‑ND) Fair Access to Banking Act, the bill also offers some notable improvements
Making lasting change will first require ensuring that people are aware of what is happening.
Reform needs to happen before the Bank Secrecy Act gets to celebrate its next big milestone.
Republicans and Democrats may have different views about the border, but both sides should be able to unite in recognizing the costs this surveillance places on both businesses and civil rights.