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  Why We Do Not Sell Our Physical TL; DR Stablecoins vs CBDCs is a proxy war over global payment rails. BRICS bans on stablecoins are designed to block dollar penetration and accelerate monetary multipolarity. The U.S. is turning to stablecoins as a defensive tool to preserve reserve-currency reach without adopting a CBDC. Opinion: A mercantilist system is re-emerging, splitting money into 2 types: domestic and international.   Summary:   Monetary Supply Chains Authored by GoldFix Housekeeping: Presented two ways: Accessible podcast ( on site ) , and slightly more formal written version below.   What looks like a debate about Stablecoin vs. CBDC is really a global struggle for control “Payment is a monetary supply chain. The world is now contesting that chain, with the U.S. defending the dollar and China advancing the yuan. Gold appreciates inside this conflict as the only truly global settlement asset both sides can use.” The global debate over stablecoins, central ...

  The Quiet Rebranding of CBDCs as “Digital-ID” Let’s call them for what they are: Social Credit systems. We know that “CBDC” stands for  Central Bank Digital Currencies  – and we have long held our hypothesis on what those entail (the TL;DR is that they will either launch as, or morph into, China-style social credit systems). We’ve seen an Executive Order expressly ruling out CBDCs in the US, but as I keep warning readers: we’re seeing components we’d expect to see under a CBDC system appearing – only they  aren’t  originating at The Fed (who has never really expressed an interest in them, anyway). Now the US Treasury Department  is seeking comments on Digital ID  as it relates to DeFi: “The Department of the Treasury has filed a request for public comments to provide input on the use of “innovative or novel methods to detect and mitigate illicit finance risks involving digital assets” in accordance with the GENIUS Act, as well as in accordance with D...

  "This Is War": Catherine Austin Fitts On Land Grabs, The Evils Of CBDC, And Fighting 'The Most Invasive Form Of Tyranny That's Ever Existed' by Tyler Durden Investment banker  Catherine Austin Fitts  sat down for a wide-ranging interview, in which she warned about the future of food security, digital financial surveillance via Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), and fighting back against  "the most invasive form of tyranny that's ever existed." Sitting down with  Breeauna Sagdal - Senior Policy Fellow at The Beef Initiative , Fitts paints a picture of  modern society teetering between high-tech control and a rebirth of grounded living . For starters, people need to  take control  of what they put into their bodies... The Cost of Health in an Age of Wealth Fitts recounted what we all know;  just because you're rich doesn't mean you have two brain cells to rub together  - noting that when she was an investment advisor, clie...