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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Financial Surveillance Is Expanding Before Our Eyes
Financial surveillance is getting worse every day. Although many legislative expansions have not passed, the wheel keeps turning. Inflation, geographic targeting orders (GTOs), and executive orders have greatly expanded the Bank Secrecy Act...
What Congress Asked Me About the Bank Secrecy Act
Testifying before Congress is never an easy matter. Time is limited, and tempers flare. Yet, during my testimony on the Bank Secrecy Act, I was asked some great questions by members of the House Financial Services Committee. I’ve copied my...
Freedom Tech Provides Hope Amidst CBDCs
This speech was delivered on June 10, 2026, at the Freedom Tech Summit in Prague, Czechia.
Ahoj. (Hello.)
Proč jsme tady? (Why are we here?)
Is it love? Is it fear? Is it a yearning for freedom?
Whatever reason brings you here, you are...
28.7 Million Reports, 275 Investigations—the Bank Secrecy Act Doesn’t Work
Once again, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is breaking the law by failing to share the full suite of data needed to evaluate the Bank Secrecy Act. And once again, what little data it did share painted a bad picture for th...
Rep. Davidson Calls Bank Secrecy Act “Bloated,” Warns of CBDCs
Speaking at a congressional hearing, Representative Warren Davidson (R‑OH) didn’t pull any punches when describing the Bank Secrecy Act. He said, “Over the decades, [the Bank Secrecy Act] has become a bloated surveillance machine demanding...
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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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