I have a slightly different opinion on this.
There's an agenda for a single world government, and for that to happen, there will also need to be a single virtual currency that can be transacted, and Bitcoin, which was hijacked a few years ago, had its real development stalled, compromising the devs and arranging pseudo-influencers to convince the masses that they were fighting against the system when, in fact, they were contributing to its creation - a system that will easily be used against the user. In the long run, it will be impossible to transact Bitcoin with freedom without the system knowing who sent the transaction to whom.
Uncensorable transactions will become a thing of the past, because mining is 100% controlled by centralized pools, and the only project that had a decentralized pool in Bitcoin, P2Pool, died on the beach and never moved forward. Have you ever heard of it?
If the market were speaking, it wouldn't need billions injected through companies owned by the deep state, such as Blackrock, Microstrategy, and the like. The retail market would make the market move on its own, which doesn't happened.
Bitcoin without the system's help would be stuck between $10k and $30k.
The construction of Lightning and eCash also demonstrates that the system is involved, and in Lightning, you have 90% custodial usage, which will make it a useful tool for banks in the future.
eCash is already being talked about at the BIS, and its creator has openly spoken about it, giving the impression that he's working with them.
eCash is 100% custodial, and there's no possibility of verifying the tokens, which will allow banks to continue using fractional reserve money, just like they do with fiat.
Each person can draw their own conclusions, but it's clear that those who don't want to see it won't see it.
