ilmscore | Watch Out For CBDCs! Can You Stop This Digital Dystopia?!

Predictions from this Video

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Correct: 0
Incorrect: 0
Pending: 15
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Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) succeeding would lead to a significant loss of freedom.
"if they succeed they will take away more freedom than any foreign Force"
CBDC Adoption
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Central banks may be shifting focus from retail to wholesale CBDCs to facilitate international trade and align with BRICS countries, due to low retail adoption.
"it seems that other central banks noticed this and are starting to realize that it's better to focus on a wholesale cbdc particularly because it will help them bypass the need for the US dollar in international trade and bring them closer to the bricks countries"
Central Banks Shifting Focus to Wholesale CBDCs
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The Federal Reserve's FEDNow system is suggested to have the potential to evolve into a CBDC system, with its creators viewing this as the ultimate goal.
"the fed's FED now fast payment system which launched last summer could evolve to become a cbdc system and its creators seem to see that goal as the endgame"
Federal Reserve's FEDNow System
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USD-backed stablecoins, by being backed by US government debt, could actually increase the dominance of the US dollar.
"the fact that USD stable coins are backed by US Government debt actually means they would boost the usd's dominance"
Stablecoins and USD Dominance
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Central banks, exemplified by the Federal Reserve's plans for FedNow, appear to intend to force commercial banks to integrate with CBDC systems.
"forcing commercial banks to support cbdcs is something that every Central Bank seems to be planning you'll recall that fed now is a precursor to a digital dollar well it looks like the FED wants to force every Commercial Bank to integrate fed now at some unspecified point in the future"
Central Banks Forcing Commercial Bank Integration
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Nigeria is considering creating a stablecoin as an alternative due to difficulties with its eNaira CBDC rollout.
"Nigeria which is wrestling with the roll out of its enira to the point that it's considering creating a stable coin instead"
Nigeria Considering Stablecoin
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Turkey is developing its digital Lira CBDC to control inflation; if inflation decreases, focus may shift to wholesale implementation.
"Turkey has also been working on its digital ly cbdc to try and keep a lid on inflation if inflation continues falling though turkey could focus on its wholesale implementation"
Turkey's Digital Lira and Inflation
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Israel is reportedly planning to launch an interest-bearing retail CBDC.
"Israel is reportedly looking to roll out an interest bearing retail cbdc"
Israel's Interest-Bearing Retail CBDC
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Israel is delaying the launch of its digital shekel until another Western nation rolls out its CBDC.
"Israel is waiting for another Western Nation to roll out its cbdc before the roll out of its own digital shekele"
Israel Waiting for Western CBDC Rollout
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Standard Chartered is participating in China's CBDC trials, following BNP Paribas' participation last year.
"British Bank Standard Chartered will participate in China's cbdc trials to refresh your memory French Bank BNP paribar joined China's cbdc trials last year"
Foreign Banks in China's CBDC Trials
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The creator of China's digital yuan is reportedly under investigation, and ordinary citizens who resist adopting it will be affected.
"China is reportedly investigating the creator of its digital Yuan as of April the next people to be affected will be us plebs who will refuse to use the cbdc even when forced to adopt it"
Digital Yuan Rollout Impact
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The Bank of England may be shifting focus to wholesale CBDCs due to concerns about British banks adopting foreign CBDCs like the digital yuan.
"it's got word of the digital Yuan experiments being run by commercial Banks and chances are that the Boe isn't enthralled by the prospect of British Banks adopting a foreign cbdc"
Bank of England Focusing on Wholesale CBDCs
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Indonesia intends to use CBDCs as a means to counter stablecoins and cryptocurrency.
"Indonesia have been explicit about their intentions of using cbdcs as a tool to combat stable coins and crypto more generally"
Indonesia's Stance on Stablecoins and Crypto
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A future financial crisis could be triggered by a stablecoin issuer's collapse, potentially exacerbated by rising government debts, particularly in the US.
"it's possible that the next financial crisis will be caused by a stable coin issuer going under because of some external shock and it's possible that this external shock could be due to the exponential po Al Rising government debts especially in the US"
Potential for Stablecoin Crisis
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Democratic voting on CBDC controls presents a dilemma: people might vote for governments that minimize controls, but also for those that enable excessive money printing.
"if a cbdc controls are determined by Democratic vote via a democratic government then this would be a double-edged sword on one hand most people would probably elect a government that minimizes cbdc controls on the other hand though they would probably vote for the one that prints the most"
Voter Influence on CBDC Controls
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