Good morning, friends! Financial Freedom Report #106 is out. This week, we examine how financial systems are being reshaped under pressure: • China’s CBDC, where new features blur the line between central bank money and bank deposits. • Yemen, as a major bank shutdown deepens an already severe humanitarian crisis. • Iran, where new data shows economic survival topping people’s concerns amid protests and blackouts. In Bitcoin & freedom tech: • A new Bitcoin Core privacy upgrade for transaction broadcasting. • Programming Lightning releases open-source Lightning education. • Electrum adds submarine payments, bridging on-chain and Lightning. Plus, a new HRF x Pubkey Freedom Tech Series episode with Harrison Friedes and Block engineer Alex Hancock on vibe coding and building under surveillance. View Article →