Nicholas Anthony

Nicholas Anthony is a policy analyst in the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives.

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Opinion

Who Really Benefits From CBDCs? It’s Not the Public

The only people benefitting from central bank digital currencies are lobbyists, tech companies and, yes, central banks, say the Cato Institute’s Nicholas Anthony and Norbert J. Michel.

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Opinion

Nigerians’ Rejection of Their CBDC Is a Cautionary Tale for Other Countries

Nigerians are protesting the African country's digital currency and demanding renewed access to paper money, despite government incentives.

Nigerians waiting to withdraw naira banknotes (Benson Ibeabuchi/Getty Images)

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