Nick Anthony
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.
Bitcoin Taxes Make No Sense
The only thing worse than getting robbed would be having the robber demand endless forms about the money they are taking from you. Taxes are no different. Congress should simplify the tax code so the average American can do what’s required with ease. Doing so would go a long way toward easing Americ
Leave MrBeast Alone, Senator Warren!
Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson is the latest target in Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D‑MA) crosshairs.
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.
CBDCs Can’t Give You Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
If this is the best that officials can come up with, CBDCs should be rejected.
Digital Euro Is for Sanctions Evasion
The digital euro is for sanctions evasion, the European Central Bank says.
Market Structure Brings Market Surveillance
If you don’t like financial surveillance, Secretary Bessent says you should get out of the country.
Rep. Lynch is Wrong on the Bank Secrecy Act
The Massachusetts Congressman claims the BSA is “highly useful” to combat terrorism. The data says otherwise.
A Sceptic’s View of Claims Made for a Digital Euro
The economists don’t seem to understand economics.
How Congress Helped Create Debanking—And How To Fix It
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.
How Confidentiality Laws Harm Bank Customers
This story has happened countless times.
The French Central Bank Is Wrong
In the first 21 days of 2026, the French central bank governor managed to get it wrong on Bitcoin, US history, gold, and CBDCs.
It's Time to Stop Inflationary Surveillance
Adjusting the thresholds for financial surveillance would mark a substantial improvement for Americans’ financial privacy.
It's Time to End Governmental Debanking
Considering the pain and frustration debanking has caused, ending governmental debanking shouldn’t be controversial.
New Debanking Report Published by Cato Institute
If Congress is going to put an end to these abuses once and for all, serious reforms are needed.
The Quiet Way the Fed Is Creating a Coin Shortage
Across the country, 135 of the 192 Federal Reserve distribution locations have stopped circulating pennies.
The Digital Euro Isn’t About Freedom
The public shouldn’t be fooled. CBDCs are about restricting freedom, not preserving it.
Trump Debanks the Left? Antifa Terrorist Designation Means New Pressure
The government has the power to decide, at the drop of a hat, who receives access and who doesn’t.
Tillis Targets Debanking
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