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The Inevitability of Central Bank Digital Currencies and Their Threat to Human Rights
Loaded on June 15, 2023
by Anthony Accurso
published in Criminal Legal News
July, 2023, page 1
Filed under:
Money/Property,
Digital Devices,
Drug-Tainted Currency.
Location:
United States of America.
by Anthony Accurso
Bitcoin is rapidly changing the way we function as individuals in a global and interconnected economy. Even though any individual person may not own or use it directly, it is reshaping economics across the planet. It is, in many ways, the best solution to a unique problem ...
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