{"id":633225,"date":"2026-07-22T13:53:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/the-digital-euro-surveillance-money-or-a-better-alternative-to-cash\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:53:53","slug":"the-digital-euro-surveillance-money-or-a-better-alternative-to-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/the-digital-euro-surveillance-money-or-a-better-alternative-to-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"The digital euro: Surveillance money, or a better alternative to cash?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-the-digital-euro.jpg\" alt=\"The digital euro: Surveillance money, or a better alternative to cash?\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the digital euro say its a better alternative to cash that\u2019s fully backed by the ECB. But critics argue it could provide the EU with too much power over its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The digital euro is one of Europe\u2019s most contentious financial projects.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters see it as a way to preserve the bloc\u2019s monetary sovereignty, reduce its reliance on foreign payment providers, and ensure central bank money survives in an online economy dominated by USD stablecoins.<\/p>\n<p>Critics, however, argue the digital euro could be a way for a supranational organization to surveil \u2014 and in certain circumstances, even control \u2014 the population of Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/what-is-the-digital-euro-all-you-need-to-know-about-europes-cbdc\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proponents of the digital euro say its a better alternative to cash that\u2019s fully backed by the ECB. But critics argue it could provide the EU with too much power over its citizens. The digital euro is one of Europe\u2019s most contentious financial projects. Supporters see it as a way to preserve the bloc\u2019s monetary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":633226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-633225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}