The ECB's Dystopian Digital Euro Dictatorship Set to Launch in October 2025

The European Central Bank (ECB), under Christine Lagarde, is pushing for a digital euro at full speed: “The deadline for us will be October 2025, and we are preparing for this date,” Lagarde explained. The implementation depends on the approval of the Commission, the Council, and Parliament must complete the legislative process.

 Lagarde giving green light to the digital euro:

Every payment tracked in real time, with the ECB able to block payments, deduct taxes,
prevent withdrawals (no bank run), impose expiration dates on money, and enable censorship.

The digital euro is to come in two versions: a retail version for citizens and a wholesale version for financial institutions. What central bankers praise as innovation could turn out to be a Trojan horse for civil liberties. Despite the ECB’s assurances of “high privacy standards,” the fundamental fact remains: a digital central bank currency creates the technical prerequisites for seamless financial transparency.

Unlike cash, every transaction with the digital euro leaves a data trail. The assurance that the ECB will not track transactions is not convincing, given the increasing trends of state surveillance. Technically, it would be possible at any time to lift this self-imposed restriction – for example, in the name of "counterterrorism" or "tax justice."

Lena Petrova (February 9, 2025) -  EU 'Accelerates' Digital Euro Launch:
Revealed Date of Programmable Digital Currency Roll Out. 

 

Especially concerning is the possibility of freezing or confiscating balances at the push of a button. What is currently dismissed as a theoretical scenario could become bitter reality tomorrow. The experiences with account freezes of politically unpopular individuals and media in Western democracies show that this danger is by no means unfounded. A digital euro would dramatically increase this concentration of power. Imagine: A government critic suddenly finds their digital balance frozen – without a court order, without legal recourse, and without a cash alternative.

The "programmability" of the digital euro, hailed as an advantage by its supporters, reveals its true threat: The state could determine what you are allowed to spend your money on (for example, linked to a CO2 budget). Spending limits for certain products, time restrictions, or intended purposes could be directly programmed into the currency. This control could also be abused to enforce political goals. Climate policy through limiting meat purchases or air travel? Health policy by limiting "unhealthy" foods? The technical possibilities would be nearly unlimited.

 » A digital euro would be a digital form of cash. «
This is a blunt lie and exactly what the digital euro is not.

While the ECB presents the digital euro as a necessary response to China’s digital yuan and US stablecoins, it conceals the true essence of this race: It is about control, not innovation. China's CBDC project already shows how digital currencies can be used for social control. The ECB's Ethereum blockchain tests may be technically impressive but divert attention from the fundamental shift in power that a digital euro would represent: away from the citizen, towards the state and its institutions.

 » The key difference with the CBDC is that central banks 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. Those two issues are extremely important and that makes a huge difference with respect to what cash is. «
Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements.

The digital euro is not a neutral means of payment but a tool for undermining civil liberties. The promised benefits – faster transactions, offline functionality, competitiveness – do not outweigh the risks. While Lagarde and the ECB are pushing forward with technical preparations, citizens and parliamentarians should ask the fundamental question: Do we want a society where every financial transaction can potentially be monitored, controlled, and sanctioned? The answer to this question will have consequences far beyond 2025 or 2028.

 

See also:

Martin Armstrong (March 3, 2025) - Europe Will Go to War around May 15, Lose, and Euro Will Become Extinct.
TPR (March 2, 2025) - Quantum Computing: Paving the Way for the Tech Oligarchy's Totalitarianism. 

Marc Friedrich (June 23, 2024) - Der Digitale Euro: Die Versklavung der Gesellschaft! (video)

 

了解你的敌人
Know your Enemies.

Markets Crash On Cue & Trump Won't Rule Out Recession | Martin Armstrong

Comment by Kirk: It looks like Trump is aware of the Economic Confidence Model (ECM). Markets crashed right on cue with Socrates, and he refused to rule out a recession. What is most curious is that you had a Panic Cycle for this week of March 10 [...]

 

Reply by Martin Armstrong: The ECM turned down on May 7, 2024. That was the day of the attempted assassination of Zelensky. Within weeks, the central banks started lowering rates. [...] We are headed into a Global RECESSION no matter what Trump thinks or does.

 

 Dow Jones Industrials Index - Weekly Timing Arrays (Feb 24 - May 12, 2025)

[...] This is NOT my personal opinion. Socrates is the only fully functioning Artificial Intelligence Computer with more than a 40-year track record. [...] It will be a depression in some regions, primarily Europe. One country alone does not dictate the trend globally. Trump cannot create an economic boom when the rest of the world is imploding.

Reference:
Martin Armstrong (March 10, 2025) - Markets Crash On Cue & Trump Refuses to Rule Out Recession.

 Explanation of Martin Armstrong's Weekly Timing Arrays.

 

See also:

Martin Armstrong (December 23, 2024) - Outlook for 2025: Depression, Debt, Default & Destruction.

Make Chimerica Great Again | Mitchell Presnick

Forget about the G7 and G20. The truly important focus is the US and China, and what we do together. First of all, we are moving into a multipolar world. This means that the US and China will be peer competitors, but there will also be other important countries rising and becoming more influential over time, such as India, Brazil, Indonesia, and Russia. 

 

» Donald Trump is probably the most pro-China President in US History. 

President Trump said that the US and China could solve all the world’s problems, and he is right. «
Mitchell Presnick.

 

We have this multipolar world, and within this context, we are going to see the formation of the G2. Forget about the G7 and G20. The real focus is the US and China and what we do together. President Trump said that “the US and China could solve all the world’s problems”, and he is right. He specifically said the US and China; not the US, China, BRICS, and the developing world. If China and the US are working together, everyone else—over 200 countries—will be aligned with one or the other, or both in some cases.

This, I believe, is the world order that is coming. I think it is going to be net positive for the world because it will provide more opportunities for countries that have been ignored. Africa did not get much attention until China entered and began developing business and resource opportunities there. Now, Africa is receiving a lot more attention from everyone. The same is true for Latin America. The US has been dominant in this hemisphere since the early 1800s, and yet Latin America and South America have struggled to develop. Objectively, it is clearly in the interest of South America for China to get more involved and help develop infrastructure there.

This might even encourage the US to do the same, which would be a net positive for South America. It would also create business opportunities, because one thing people don’t understand about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is that every time China builds a railway, road, port, or airport in a developing country, it is also creating the foundation for a middle class who will later buy other goods from China. In other words, it's like brand building for Chinese industry. China, as a brand, is being built in these countries. People there will become familiar with Chinese cars, well-built roads, and high-quality products. As these consumers develop, they will naturally be more inclined to buy Chinese goods, which are well-priced and of good quality. This is something I think the US also needs to be doing.

Reference:
Mitchell Presnick (March 6, 2025) - Donald Trump, Probably the Most Pro-China President in US History.

Globalism is Dead, What Comes Next | Alexander Dugin

The order of great powers is something harsher than multipolarity. It is essentially a form of multipolarity, since it is neither unipolar nor bipolar, but something greater. However, in this case, only the state civilizations that currently exist are considered, not those that might emerge in the future based on deep-rooted identities. 

 

 » The EU now hardly has any chance of surviving. «

We are living in a new age of great power politics, and Europe is the big loser. The order of great powers, outlined by Trump's bold reforms, represents a redistribution of the spheres of influence in the world among the tetrarchy of the US, Russia, China and India. 

 

 » Trump's bold reforms, represents a redistribution of the spheres of influence. «

Everything else falls into the realm of the periphery. In theory, Europe could have joined, but not under the liberal lunatics who are currently in power. Europe is desperately clinging to the unipolar world, from which, however, the structural foundation, the US, has been removed. The EU now hardly has any chance of surviving. So, for now, it's the tetrarchy and the prospects of Yalta 2.0.

Alexander Dugin, March 7, 2025.

 

Alex Jones talks to Alexander Dugin about the global significance of the Trump Revolution, March 9, 2025.

The Three Week Cycle, Quarterly Shift, and IPDA Data Ranges

S&P 500 (daily chart)

Q1 2025 = Outside Quarter and Quarterly Shift.

 Price breaks October Low, hits monthly S2 to the tick, and reverses. 

 

 

 Reference:
D'onte Goodridge (2024) - Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm (IPDA) Data Ranges.

Jevaunie Daye (2024) - The Quarterly Theory.

Cameron Benson (2023) - The Three Week Cycle. 

The Most Consistent Seasonal Patterns in the S&P 500 | With Statistics. 

 

CNN Fear & Greed Index.

 

SPY (daily chart) - Tom DeMark's 9-13 TD Sequential at 11.

The Panama Canal & The Best MIGA-MAGA-ShowBizMan Money Can Buy

BlackRock, in collaboration with Goldman Sachs, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Balboa and Cristobal ports at either end of the Panama Canal from Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings for approximately $19 billion. This acquisition aligns with strategic US efforts to counter China's influence over the canal and the region, as extensively outlined by US President Donald Trump in recent months.

 

On March 4, 2025, Trump praised this as his latest tremendous, beautiful, and incredible deal to the US Congress, referring to it as the US "reclaiming" the Panama Canal. BlackRock's CEO, Larry Fink, a devoted globalist of the Davos cult, has been involved in various Trump initiatives, and his latest acquisition seamlessly intertwines BlackRock's interests with US geopolitical objectives. Nothing could possibly go wrong: everything within BlackRock, nothing outside BlackRock, nothing against BlackRock. Not even two months in office, and already incredible. Perfect deal.

» One way or the other, we’re going to get it. «

The Art of the Deal.

 

Great job, Donnie; Waltz, Witkoff, Rubio, brilliant. Without a single shot and only a little taxpayer money. Exemplary. Checkbook diplomacy, corporatism, and plutocracy at their finest. Very clever. And a deal with the Greenlanders may finally compensate BlackRock for its misinvestment in Biden's Project Ukraine. Let's see how the UKR rare earths, Nord Stream 2, and this Canada thing play out. Now, if only these issues with the Gaza Casino Beach Resort could be resolved, Jared and Ms. Adelson would be really delighted. And you might very well end up with the Nobel Peace Prize, going down in history as Trump, The Peace President. Never mind, whatever is good for the Goldmans, the Musks, and the BlackRocks is sure good enough for your MAGA crowds.

 

 » I reject in the name of Panama and all Panamanians this new affront 

to the truth and our dignity as a nation. Trump is lying again. «

 José Raúl Mulino, President of Panama, on Trump's MIGA-MAGA show to the Congress.

 

However, on March 5, Panama's President José Raúl Mulino accused President Trump of lying in his congressional address when he declared his administration was "reclaiming" the Panama Canal. 

 

 » Truth is reality. The canal is and will always be Panamanian. «

José Raúl Mulino, President of Panama, March 6, 2025.

 

Panama asserts full control over the canal, arguing that the Chinese group's port operations do not equate to Chinese control over the waterway. The government called the sale a private transaction and dismissed any notion of US "reclaiming" the canal. Mulino rejected claims that the deal was due to US pressure, posting a message on X: "I reject in the name of Panama and all Panamanians this affront to the truth and our dignity as a nation," and accused Trump of "lying again". C'mon, Stalin Mulino, life is a business, and I pleased my MIGA-MAGA crowds. Truth is reality.

 

 » Too Pig to Fail. «

 

Lena Petrova (March 6, 2025) - US Oligarchs Celebrate BlackRock's Panama Canal Takeover with Direct Backing of US. 

 

See also:
TPR (December 6, 2024) - BlackRock Outlook 2025: Due to 'Mega Forces', No More Bust, Only Boom.

Prepping Serbia Again as the Epicenter of the Next European War?

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán referenced the chaotic events in the Serbian parliament on March 4, 2025, where opposition lawmakers used smoke grenades and tear gas to protest government policies, reflecting broader regional tensions. Orbán stated that this incident is part of a larger struggle against "globalist-liberal forces."

 

 

The Black Hand of Perfidious Albion all over again.

 

 

» Destabilisation efforts have intensified. «

Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, Feburary 4, 2025. 

Destabilization, chaos, violence, and the regime change attempt in Serbia are fueled again by the usual suspects (NATO, CIA-USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy, Soros' Open Society Foundation, Chatham House, MI6, Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, EU Commission) and their usual useful idiots (Western-financed NGOs, liberal academia, students, foreign celebrities and artists — the We-Stand-With-Ukraine crowd — Western fake news media propaganda).

 

 

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić labelled the scenes "hooliganism",

and said he was "looking for responsibility, and criminal law" to be applied.

Serbia, Slovakia, and Hungary have resisted the globalist agenda in Europe—and now they’re being punished. NATO-backed forces and Brussels aim to overthrow the democratically elected governments of Aleksandar Vučić, the President of Serbia; Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary; and Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, who refuse to bend the knee to the West and cut relations with Russia. Since mid-2024, tactics of chaos, division, and unrest have drastically intensified in an effort to undermine sovereignty from within.

 

» Fuсk NATO AND the EU. Love, Serbia. «
Belgrade, March 2, 2025.

See also:

Francisco José Fernández-Cruz Sequera (March 5, 2025) - La Primavera Serbia: Golpe Blando de Occidente en los Balcanes. (video)

Martin Armstrong (March 1, 2025) - Europe Will Go to War, Lose, and Euro Will Become Extinct.

TPR (February 20, 2025) - Europe in Angst! Intelligence Agencies Fear Withdrawal of US Troops. 

TASS (January 29, 2025) - West stages protests in Serbia in order to overthrow government.

 

Serbia, still a sovereign state, is home to one of the largest untapped lithium deposits in the world,
and Rio Tinto, the second-largest multinational mining company, along with major
institutional investors like BlackRock, Vanguard, T. Rowe Price Associates, and
State Street, is eager to exploit it. However, so far, Serbian public opposition

and legislators have prevented it. Additionally, Serbia has significant 

deposits of copper, gold, zinc, lead, silver, and lignite coal.

Europe Will Go to War, Lose, and Euro Will Become Extinct | Martin Armstrong

It looks like every country in Europe is backing more war in Ukraine. And now, there is renewed talk of an EU army. Martin Armstrong says:

"Why? Because they all are facing the collapse of the European Union. The debt is just unbelievable. They never consolidated. Between Covid, Climate Change and sanctions on Russia, the German economy has shrunk 3% to 5%. The economic growth of the EU is appalling. Europe is falling, and this is why they need war. So, they are backing Zelensky.”

 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ‘coalition of the willing’, March 2, 2025:

European NATO members desperately want World War 3 with Russia, and the US to help them.
Most, if not all, in this group photo would be ideal candidates to be hanged or shot 

as fanatical and ruthless war criminals in the forthcoming Nuremberg Trials 2.0.

 

In a new report on March 2nd, Armstrong lays out the case why war in Europe is coming and coming soon:

“In this report, I gathered a bunch of headlines:  London Financial Times, what’s the headline?  ‘America is Now the Enemy of the West.’ This is why Trump is saying ‘We are out.’  Zelensky has admitted that 58% of the $350 billion the US gave him is missing.  You cut the funding, and you are going to find out the truth. Trump should cut every single penny. Bring it all out. Zelensky is counting on Europe to replace the United States. This is why he’s so arrogant [...] Trump should get the hell out of NATO–as soon as possible.”

 » Trump should get the US out of NATO asap. From about May 15th on, Europe is going into war, Europe will lose, gold is coming

to America, the US dollar is not collapsing anytime soon, the Euro will become extinct, Ukraine is going dead. That's it. « 

Martin Armstrong, March 1, 2025.

So, why are all these reports coming out in the last few months about gold coming to America from Europe? Armstrong says, “Last week, I was on the phone, and I can’t tell you how much, but when you are about to go into war, capital moves. [...] Right now, I am concerned from about May 15th on. [...] Our computer “Socrates” says Europe is going into war, and I put it into this report, Europe will lose. [...] This is why the gold is coming to America.”

Armstrong also contends you can forget about predictions of the US dollar collapsing anytime soon - it won’t. Armstrong says, “The Euro will become extinct.” Armstrong also predicts, “I published what the computer “Socrates” put out on Ukraine. It’s a flatline, and I have never seen that on any other country. It’s a flatline. It’s going dead. That’s it.”

Reference:
Greg Hunter (March 1, 2025) - Interview with Martin Armstrong: Europe is Falling and Needs War with Russia.

 

Martin Armstrong (March 4, 2025): » We must get out of NATO. «

 

 The Forecaster – The Story of Martin Armstrong. (documentary, 2014)

Quantum Computing: Paving the Way for the Tech Oligarchy's Totalitarianism

Microsoft has announced a breakthrough in quantum computing, creating Majorana 1 quantum chip, with 8 ‘topological qubits.’ This innovation could lead to more scalable and powerful quantum computers. The concept of qubits is crucial. Unlike traditional binary code, which uses 1s and 0s, qubits exist in a state of uncertainty, allowing for almost infinite computational power. Topological qubits take this a step further, using a new state of matter called topoconductor (Majorana quasiparticles) to maintain particles in a grid and prevent errors.

Microsoft Majorana 1 quantum chip.

 

Microsoft's achievement is credited to its collaboration with DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The implications are significant, as a functional quantum computer could potentially break all encryption keys and passwords, granting control over global information. The possibilities are endless. With a million qubits, a quantum computer could solve complex problems that would take conventional computers billions of years to solve. This raises concerns about the potential risks and consequences of such powerful technology, particularly when combined with artificial intelligence.

 

 Ettore Majorana (1906-1938)

 

Google's Willow microchip, previously considered the most advanced quantum computing technology, has been surpassed by Microsoft's achievement. Experts predict that a functional quantum computer could be developed within the next five years, changing the foundations of human society and transforming us into something else.

On March 3, 2025, Chinese scientists unveiled a quantum computer prototype named "Zuchongzhi 3.0" with 105 

superconducting transmon qubits, marking a breakthrough in China's quantum computing advancements. 

Able to achieve results that would take classical supercomputers over 6.4 billion years, the Zuchongzhi 3.0

Quantum Processor reportedly outpaces Google's Willow by "million times".

The potential risks are terrifying. Increasing intelligence by 10 billion times with quantum computing could be catastrophic. Artificial intelligence could become uncontrollable, and the consequences would be dire. As quantum computing advances, it's essential to consider the potential impact on global security, artificial intelligence, and human society as a whole.

March 2025 Seasonal Pattern of US Stock Indices | Jeff Hirsch

Rather turbulent in recent years, with wild fluctuations and large gains and losses, March has been experiencing some significant end-of-quarter hits. In post-election years since 1950, March has tended to open strongly, and this strength has generally persisted until shortly after mid-month (as indicated by the dashed arrow below). At that point, the major indexes lost momentum and closed out March with some choppy trading. In contrast, over the past 21 years, March has trended lower through mid-month before rallying in the second half.

 March strong early-month, mid-month losses with choppy trading,
often rally after Quadruple Witching (March 21), likely sharp decline the week after.

March is a particularly busy month. It marks the end of the first quarter, which brings with it quarterly Quadruple Witching (Friday, March 21) and an abundance of portfolio maneuvers from Wall Street. In recent years, March Quad-Witching Weeks have been quite bullish, but the week after has been nearly the exact opposite, with the DJIA down 22 of the last 37 years—and often down sharply.

 

 

Reference:
Jeffrey A. Hirsch (February 26, 2025) - Beware The Ides of March.

 

 Updated $SPX July-Oct 2023 correction overlay:
1 week bounce then down into end of March final low. — Namzes, February 28, 2025.

See also:

Robert Miner (2025) - S&P 500 Post-Election Year Patterns by Political Parties. 

 The Most Consistent Seasonal Patterns in the S&P 500 | With Statistics.

Cosmic Cluster Days | March 2025

Cosmic Cluster Days (CCDs) and financial markets do not display a consistent polarity or directional bias. However, swing directions, along with swing highs and lows—also within the 'noise channel'—may correlate with or coincide with market movements and reversals.

 

   Cosmic Cluster Days  |   Composite Line  |  Noise Channel    — — —  Solunar Rhythm

 ○ = Full Moon | ● = New Moon | ▴  = Lunar Declination max North / ▾ = max South |  立春 =  Solar Terms

 

Cosmic Cluster Days in March 2025:

Feb 20 (Thu) | Mar 01 (Sat) | Mar 10 (Mon) | Mar 15 (Sat) | Mar 22 (Sat) | Apr 04 (Fri)

 

Change from Eastern Standard Time (EST) to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Sunday, March 9, 2025. 

Total Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon in Virgo) on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 2:58 am EDT.

 March Equinox on Thursday, March 20 at 5:01 AM EDT.

March Quadruple Witching Day on Friday, March 21, 2025.

Partial Solar Eclipse (New Moon in Aries) on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 6:46 am EDT.

 

For previous CCDs, click [HERE]. For background on the author, the concept, and the calculation method, click [HERE].

Lunation Cycle, click [HERE].  

Planet Speed (Retrogradity), click [HERE]. 

Geocentric and Heliocentric Bradley Turning Points, click [HERE]. 

Sensitive Degrees of the Sun, click [HERE].

Planetary Declinations, click [HERE].

The SoLunar Rhythm in March 2025.

 

 Astro Events in March 2025 (EST/EDT).