Good morning, nostr!

This week's Financial Freedom Report #93 is live and features the following in global news:

-China | Opens International Operations Center for Digital Yuan

-Nicaragua | Human Rights Guarantees Eliminated

-World | SWIFT Eyes Blockchain Payment System Overhaul

In #Bitcoin and Freedom Tech News:

-Sparrow Wallet | Implements Send to Silent Payments

-Breez | Shares Q3 Lightning Integrations

-Bitcoin Babies | Releases “The Sovereign Mother” Book

We end with an essay from HRF’s chief strategy officer, Alex Gladstein, who explains in the Journal of Democracy why Bitcoin is best thought of as freedom money. He traces how governments have used modern financial systems to surveil and repress, and how Bitcoin provides an alternative.

nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpuvcn2tdwk4rs66vsu25xcnvhvmzcqey3v3qmjdw20tua7724ukpqq3yv6twv9hxx6tpdsk5vun9v4jx7mfd2fjhqmmjwsknjvedvdn8gutxxqj56wvv