Nick Anthony is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. He is the author of “Digital Currency or Digital Control? Decoding the CBDC and Future of Money.” He is a fellow at the Human Rights Foundation and maintains the HRF CBDC Tracker which documents Central Bank Digital Currency Development. Nick has testified before congress and his work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, and others.
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September 30, 2026
Debanked: How Coverage Becomes Consequence
In this episode, we sit down with Nick Anthony, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and a fellow at the Human Rights Foundation.
Nick has spent his career studying the intersection of money, privacy, and government power — and in this conversation, he breaks down one of the least understood financial risks facing ordinary people today: debanking. From how the process actually works behind the scenes, to the government tools that make it possible, to what individuals can do to protect themselves, Nick offers a clear-eyed look at a system most people don’t realize they’re exposed to until it’s too late.
