--- title: "Ex-Trump Chief Strategist Bannon: Cryptocurrencies Make Central Banks Redundant" publisher: "Share Talk" author: "sharetalk" published: "2018-03-11T16:32:40+00:00" modified: "2018-03-11T16:32:40+00:00" date: 2018-03-11 canonical: "https://www.share-talk.com/ex-trump-chief-strategist-bannon-cryptocurrencies-make-central-banks-redundant/" category: "Fintech" categories: ["Fintech"] tags: ["Central Bank", "cryptocurrencies", "Donald Trump", "European Central Bank", "President Trump", "TRUMP"] image: "https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1" format: "news" language: "en-GB" --- # Ex-Trump Chief Strategist Bannon: Cryptocurrencies Make Central Banks Redundant **Published:** March 11, 2018 **Author:** sharetalk **Categories:** Fintech **Tags:** Central Bank, cryptocurrencies, Donald Trump, European Central Bank, President Trump, TRUMP **Featured image:** ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1) --- *Images courtesy of Shutterstock**.*   **Bitcoin has always been considered by its staunch supporters a tool to bring about personal financial freedom from government control and censorship as well as taxation via inflation. As such, most political players shun the cryptocurrency when they are in power as it threatens their position. Once out of power they are freer to appreciate the freedom a decentralized economy may bring, as exemplified by someone who was once one of the most powerful men in Washington, Steve Bannon, now hailing cryptocurrencies as the key to national liberation.   ** ***Also Read: **[Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Are Commodities, Federal Court Rules](https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-cryptocurrencies-commodities-federal-court-rules/)* ## Bitcoin Will End the Fed? ![Ex-Trump Chief Strategist Bannon: Cryptocurrencies Make Central Banks Redundant](https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/steve-bannon-300x300.jpg)U.S. President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has said in a speech on Tuesday that blockchain-based cryptocurrencies can help bring about liberation for Western nations from under the control of all powerful central banks such as the Federal Reserve and the [ECB](https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-futures-are-a-threat-to-whole-banking-system-fears-ecb-director/) and the ruling “permanent political class.” “Central banks are in the business of debasing your currency,” he proclaimed. “Central governments are in the business of debasing your citizenship.” However, Bannon reassured that audience that with the use of cryptocurrencies “*We take control of the central banks away. That will give us the power again*.” ## International Economic Nationalism ![Ex-Trump Chief Strategist Bannon: Cryptocurrencies Make Central Banks Redundant](https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/euro-300x300.jpg)The former executive chairman of the alt right platform Breitbart News, which served a pivotal role in the election of President Trump according to many American political observers, was speaking to a crowd of 1,500 right wing Europeans in Zurich, Switzerland on Tuesday. He has been touring Europe with his message of economic nationalism, seeking to empower new local populist parties in the region to achieve victory over the establishment as he has done in the latest US elections. According to Bannon, it isn’t only central banks that cryptocurrencies can help defeat but also powerful Silicon Valley corporations like Google and [Facebook](https://news.bitcoin.com/how-to-take-control-back-from-nanny-zuck-how-you-make-facebook-show-you-the-news-again/). By letting them control all our personal data and mine it for their profit we have given over our identities to these tech giants, making the average man into nothing more but a “serf”, he asserts. However, he assured that with the help of cryptocurrencies victory is possible. “Control of data, citizenship and currency will be true freedom,” Bannon told the Swiss crowd.   **[Original Article Link ](https://news.bitcoin.com/ex-trump-chief-strategist-bannon-cryptocurrencies-make-central-banks-redundant/?utm_source=OneSignal%20Push&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=Push%20Notifications)** ![](https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AviMizrahi-300x256.png) [Avi Mizrahi](https://news.bitcoin.com/author/avi/) Avi Mizrahi is an economist and entrepreneur who has been covering Bitcoin as a journalist since 2013. He has spoken about the promise of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology at numerous financial conferences around the world, from London to Hong-Kong. --- **Original URL:** https://www.share-talk.com/ex-trump-chief-strategist-bannon-cryptocurrencies-make-central-banks-redundant/ *Created by [WP Markdown Endpoint](https://wpmarkdownendpoint.com/)*