I was right since the beginning, the cryptocurrency fad was a test, to both harden and crowdfund the development of a CBDC

To make people perhaps want to "want" it

https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/publications/t...

https://www.federalreserve.gov/central-bank-digital-currency...

What's interesting tho, is Brazil (Lula's administration), let Visa acquire their crypto fintech Pismo last year

https://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2023/Visa-to-Acq...