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- United Arab Emirates | CBDC Rolls Out as “Free” Amid Expanding Financial Surveillance

The United Arab Emirates’ central bank announced that the first phase of its Digital Dirham central bank digital currency (CBDC) will be offered free to users and small businesses, framing the rollout as a cost-saving upgrade to payments. But “free” at launch does not mean neutral. As a direct central bank liability, the Digital Dirham gives the state full visibility into transactions and the power to impose future fees, conditions, or negative interest rates once adoption is established. The news follows the UAE’s first state-to-state CBDC transaction conducted via the multi-CBDC mBridge platform, which links the UAE with China and other authoritarian states in a shared, programmable settlement system. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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- venezuela drone concern https://medium.com/@mcnai002/the-venezuelan-drone-crisis-313dad18497d

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3:59 – Merry Christmas, Silver squeeze

18:26 – Oslo airport bitcoin

20:44 – Dashboard

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25:59 – HRF Story of the Week

27:59 – EU censoring US

31:59 – Chats and boosts

35:34 – Software updates

38:24 – Venezuelan drone crisis

47:19 – Epstein files

52:59 – Glyphosates

1:13:29 – 2026 predictions

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- jade vulnerability https://blog.blockstream.com/jade-security-disclosure/

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- Fold Becomes First Public Bitcoin Financial Services Company to Operate Nationwide Through BitGo’s Federally Chartered Trust Framework https://investor.foldapp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/fold-becomes-first-public-bitcoin-financial-services-company

- BRICS | Digital Currency Launched

The BRICS monetary bloc has launched a working prototype of a digital currency known as the “Unit,” backed by a basket of precious metals and BRICS national currencies. The first 100 Units were issued in a pilot led by Russia’s Institute for Economic Strategies. The BRICS bloc includes many authoritarian or hybrid authoritarian regimes that use capital controls, censorship, and financial surveillance to manage dissent. A state-designed, programmable digital currency rail used across multiple authoritarian states could harden those powers. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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3:59 – Opening riff

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- India | NPCI Confirms CBDC is Live With Spending Controls

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) confirmed that India’s digital rupee CBDC is live with partner banks and is being used by the state for subsidy payments. At India Blockchain Week, an NPCI consultant shared that the digital rupee can be restricted for specific purposes, approved merchants, and particular locations. For example, recent transfers of the programmable CBDC for farmers and livestock owners limited purchases to “approved inputs” with geographic tagging enabled. The CBDC is compatible with India’s state-run payment system, known as Unified Payment Interface (UPI), enabling users to pay with the digital rupee by scanning existing UPI QR codes. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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40:00 - Boosts

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• rumble wallet launch https://x.com/chrispavlovski/status/1991883819214139569
• is jp morgan attacking bitcoin? https://x.com/_Adrian/status/1993664416227934407
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- free samourai https://billandkeonne.org

- record morning for strike

- block dc campaign https://x.com/milessuter/status/1990836550557442252

- bitcoin for america act https://davidson.house.gov/2025/11/rep-warren-davidson-introduces-the-bitcoin-for-america-act

- kraken $20b valuation https://fortune.com/2025/11/18/kraken-citadel-securities-ken-griffin-800-million-fundraise/

- dc pubkey launch https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1991662771852005817

- United Arab Emirates | First CBDC Transaction Completed

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) completed its first government-to-government transaction with its Digital Dirham central bank digital currency (CBDC). This initiative was part of the CBDC’s pilot phase and was implemented using the mBridge platform. Officials say this marks a move toward domestic rollout, with more widespread adoption planned across both public and private sectors. The UAE deploys an extensive and sophisticated surveillance tool system across public spaces and digital communications, raising concerns that placing transactions on a state-controlled CBDC ledger would further centralize visibility over everyday financial activity.

In Context: Project mBridge connects the CBDCs of China, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, and Thailand into a unified, programmable settlement system. Designed to give central banks real-time visibility and control over cross-border flows, the surveillance-ready platform risks exporting the financial governance model of authoritarian states. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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- cloudflare outage

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9:59 - Strike

17:24 - Dashboard

22:34 - Free Samourai

26:34 - Block

31:04 - Warren Davidson

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49:24 - HRF Story of the Week

54:59 - Boosts

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1:02:04 - Autopilot insider trading

1:04:14 - Elon no jobs

1:07:59 - Gooner congressman

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1:13:49 - Anthropic attacks

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- square enables 4m merchants to accept bitcoin + major cashapp updates

- record strike volumes today https://x.com/Strike/status/1989410689308655913

- tether commits $100m for rumble advertising https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/1987883090228703274 + https://x.com/chrispavlovski/status/1987897478432039188

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- Thailand | New Anti-Scam Measures Implemented

The Bank of Thailand announced new measures to enhance monitoring of payments, financial institutions, and money transfer services to combat online scams and financial fraud. Governor Vitai Ratanakorn said the central bank will step up due diligence, prioritize investigations into suspicious transactions, and require immediate reporting of irregular activity from banks, currency exchanges, and gold traders. While the policy aims to disrupt transnational criminal networks engaged in online scams and human trafficking, experts fear such a development may lead to broader surveillance of digital transactions and payments, which could threaten the privacy of many Southeast Asian dissidents based in Thailand. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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4:00 - Dump

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33:20 - 50 year mortgages

42:20 - Robinhood cash

44:40 - Vine is back baybeeee

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- Tanzania | Central Bank Denies Printing Money to Finance Elections

Public concern over Tanzania’s monetary credibility grew after online criticism alleged that the central bank was printing money to finance the October general elections. The central bank dismissed the claims as “false and dangerous” and reaffirmed that currency issuance follows legal and economic guidelines. Earlier this year, the Tanzanian shilling was the world’s worst-performing currency, fueling doubts about the government’s fiscal discipline and transparency. FinancialFreedomReport.org

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24:09 - Steak n Shake SBR

29:19 - Conner Brown interview

35:19 - Samourai sentencing

39:29 - Bessent on 10/31

44:29 - Mamdani win

56:09 - Core kernel api

59:29 - 444 Softfork Predyx

1:06:24 - HRF Story of the Week

1:08:04 - Boosts

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