#528 ART -Bitcoin, Surveillance, And A Missing Mother
A high-profile kidnapping, an alleged Bitcoin ransom, and a media blitz—put those together and you get more than a crime story. You get a ready-made narrative that paints decentralized money as dangerous and invites “clarity” that looks a lot like control. We pull the thread from cable news framing to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, unpacking how a bill branded as anti-CBDC and investor-friendly could still funnel crypto into heavier oversight, push users toward a sanctioned digital dollar, and normalize financial surveillance as the status quo.
Then we widen the lens. Those “local”…
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