River has just published a report on bitcoin and the $156 trillion global payments industry
PDF below
https://river.com/learn/files/river-payments-report.pdf?ref=blog.river.com
Discussion
This is nuts: “For CBDCs, there is little consideration within the industry for the immense danger they represent in the hands of oppressive regimes to target, punish, tax, and financially control specific parts of the population. 70% of the global population lives in such authoritarian regimes according to Our World in Data. “
Yep