by Monica Dutcher, Childrens Health Defense:
Between the recent launch of the Federal Reserve’s FedNow — a mechanism to facilitate real-time transactions — and the completion of a months-long digital dollar pilot by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, it looks as though the government is angling to track and ultimately control consumers, according to comedian and political commentator Russell Brand.
“It sounds to me like the Fed and some powerful private banks have worked out how to monopolize digital currency,” Brand said in a recent episode of his “Stay Free” podcast.
Capital is flooding into El Salvador thanks to 
Placing ‘orbs’ around world that scan people’s irises to discern whether they’re human
The head of the world’s largest asset manager has 
93% of central banks are already conducting research on central bank digital currencies.