The dark net markets have been crucial in demonstrating Monero's effectiveness in maintaining privacy and resisting censorship. XMR is a viable tool against financial tyranny.
This is Monero's real test—proving it’s truly for the people, by the people, and outside the reach of any state’s control.
Monero will remain a tool for financial privacy and freedom, and Bitcoin will be integrated into the existing financial and regulatory framework.
Privacy above compliance
Decentralized exchanges should not only offer the exchange from one currency to another in a decentralized manner, but should also run decentrally themselves.
Kraken delists Monero (XMR) in Germany on July 10, 2024.
https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/kraken-powered-by-dlt-finance-asset-support
Oh no! LocalMonero is closing.
“After almost 7 years of operation, due to a combination of internal and external factors, we have made the difficult decision to close our platform.”
“With CBDC, your money would be programmable, and whoever controls the programming (the central banks and, through them, governments) would have unprecedented tools to control what people do with their money.”
Norbert Häring
Economist & Journalist 
Short-term price fluctuations do not reflect the long-term value proposition.
Things where we see more and more centralization, but that should be very decentralized
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Agriculture
Communication
Data
Economy
Education
Election
Energy
Finances
Food supply
Government
Healthcare
Internet
Market
Media
Money
Order
Politics
True financial freedom is possible with Monero.
If you have nothing to hide, you still have a right to privacy. Privacy isn't about hiding; it's about autonomy and freedom.
“We don't know who's using a $100 bill today and we don't know who's using a 1000 peso bill today. The key difference with the CBDC is the central bank will have absolute control on the rules and regulations that will determine the use of that expression of central bank liability, and also we will have the technology to enforce that.”
Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
6 Criteria of ideal Electronic Cash
by T. Okamoto and K. Ohta
🌍 1. Independence
Electronic cash should be usable without relying on any physical location or time constraint, much like physical cash.
🔐 2. Security
The system should be secure against attempts to counterfeit or double-spend the digital cash.
🕵️ 3. Privacy (Anonymity)
Transactions should protect user identity to ensure privacy, similar to transactions with physical cash.
🔄 4. Transferability
Electronic cash should be easily transferable between individuals without needing a third party.
➗ 5. Divisibility
The system should support division into smaller units, facilitating transactions of various sizes.
📴 6. Off-line Payment
It should be possible to conduct transactions in off-line modes, without needing real-time connectivity to a bank or a network.
These criteria are aimed at creating a digital currency system that mimics the characteristics of physical cash. They addressing the needs for privacy, ease of use, and security.
Referenced by Nicolas van Saberhagen,
CryptoNote Whitepaper
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626042305/https://cryptonote.org/whitepaper.pdf
