Banking, Bureaucracy, and Beyond
Nick Anthony, Norbert MichelEverything you need to stay up to speed on the policy conversations surrounding central bank digital currency, financial privacy, banking, and more.
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The United States Postal Service has finally laid the postal banking pilot program to rest. However, it’s unlikely anyone noticed. The program didn’t have a single customer from April 2022 to September 2025 (Table 1).
The close of the prog...
CBDC Banned in United States Until 2031
After years of fighting back against the rise of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), I’m happy to share that the United States is the first country to prohibit its central bank from creating a CBDC.
The ban was passed as part of the 2...
Supreme Court Fights for Privacy, Just Not Financial Privacy
The Supreme Court fought for privacy in Chatrie v. United States, putting another dent in unchecked surveillance that has become too common. Yet, in a concurring opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch pointed out an important issue: the decision see...
The Fed Is Working on a CBDC, Despite Executive Order
President Donald Trump issued an executive order to stop the creation or development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Yet rumors have begun to swirl that the Federal Reserve is ignoring this order and actively working on a wholesa...
Authoritarians Weaponize American Financial Laws
The trouble with the Bank Secrecy Act is not limited to regulatory burdens, ineffective reporting, and expansionary surveillance. There’s also the problem with how this system is abused by people in power: namely, authoritarians.
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Nicholas Anthony is a policy analyst in the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and a fellow at the Human Rights Foundation.
I am vice president and director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives.
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