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Re:Bank of England to explore a potential Central Bank Digit... by BitwiseFool on Monday April 19, 2021 @12:25PM (#26864568)
I don't know much about UK politics, but the government over there seems to adore surveillance and has no qualms with recording as much information as they possibly can. I simply don't see them accepting the idea of an anonymous payments system.
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Re:Bank of England to explore a potential Central Bank Digit... by mywittyname on Monday April 19, 2021 @04:08PM (#26867386)
They also have an economy built upon money laundering, tax avoidance, and other related activities. I've heard many people say that the real reason behind Brexit was to avoid new EU regulations being imposed on British banks.
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