Digital money's next chapter is being written right now. Who gets to control it? Traditional banks or decentralized protocols? The battle isn't just about technology—it's about power, access, and who decides the rules. As payment systems evolve and central bank digital currencies emerge, we're witnessing a fundamental shift in how value moves globally. The real question: will this transformation expand financial freedom or just digitize the old gatekeepers?
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StablecoinArbitrageur
· 17h ago
ngl the real arb opportunity is watching cbdc adoption rates vs defi liquidity pool depth... correlation coefficient getting *spicy* rn
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DaoResearcher
· 20h ago
According to the governance design in the white paper, the essence of this power struggle is the key to Token Weighted Voting—central bank digital currency, to put it simply, is still a centralized incentive system that is incompatible. Analyzing it reveals why it is destined to fail.
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FarmHopper
· 12-09 19:01
To be honest, the central bank digital currency stuff still feels like the same old thing in a new package.
Feels like we're about to get fleeced again, haha.
Decentralization is still just a dream, at least for now.
Power will never be given up voluntarily, right bro?
Bitcoin is true freedom, everything else is just nonsense.
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token_therapist
· 12-09 19:00
Nah, to put it simply, it's just old wine in a new bottle. Even with the introduction of central bank digital currency, it's still those same people who call the shots.
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GateUser-0717ab66
· 12-09 18:54
To be honest, the traditional banking system should have been replaced long ago. Now it depends on whether we can truly achieve decentralization, or if it will just end up being wrapped in another layer by those CBDC people.
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HashRateHustler
· 12-09 18:50
To be honest, CBDC is just old wine in a new bottle; it's better to believe in on-chain freedom.
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MEVvictim
· 12-09 18:40
To put it bluntly, it's still a power game. With the introduction of CBDCs, banks are just thinking about how to keep exploiting retail investors.
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EternalMiner
· 12-09 18:38
ngl this is just redefining power, even with CBDC the banks will still guard the gate
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PseudoIntellectual
· 12-09 18:37
Same old story, with CBDCs it's just old wine in a new bottle—just another power game.
Digital money's next chapter is being written right now. Who gets to control it? Traditional banks or decentralized protocols? The battle isn't just about technology—it's about power, access, and who decides the rules. As payment systems evolve and central bank digital currencies emerge, we're witnessing a fundamental shift in how value moves globally. The real question: will this transformation expand financial freedom or just digitize the old gatekeepers?