• The Brazilian government expects to preserve the fiat legal expectations on its digital version including the ability to freeze accounts 
• The use of privacy coins is expected to remain high despite the government’s launch of CBDC to counter digital assets.

The initial rise of Bitcoin as an international currency was largely attributed to the need for privacy-centric payment transactions. This is evident from the early rise of dark web marketplaces like Silk Road which held large amounts of Bitcoin. With most governments around the world largely informed about cryptocurrency and heavily invested in blockchain analytics in their law enforcement agencies, the emergence of privacy-centric digital assets has emerged recently. 

However, privacy-centric digital assets – like Monero, Dash, and Zcash – have been slammed for enabling illegal activities including terrorism, drug and firearm trafficking. Nonetheless, there is a genuine need for privacy-centric digital assets to enable transactions for people who want to protect their personal details from big data exploitations.

Closer Look at Privacy Features of Digital Brazilian Real

The adoption of Bitcoin among other digital assets in Brazil has undeniably pushed the government to establish a digital Real. Moreover, a digital Brazilian Real will give the government more access to people’s funds and widen its tax collection avenues. Nonetheless, some features of the digital Brazilian Real have been admonished by the public for giving government officials ultimate power over people’s funds. 

According to an on-chain analysis conducted by Pedro Magalhaes, founder of Web3 consulting company Iora Labs, the Brazilian government has reserved the ability to freeze funds and adjust balances in the much anticipated CBDC. The Central Bank of Brazil noted;

According to Brazilian legislation, the courts, in the proper conduct of legal proceedings, have the prerogative to freeze or arrest amounts held in the SFN. These functionalities, therefore, currently exist in the SFN and must be reproduced on the Real Digital platform in order to guarantee its compatibility with the legislation in force,

The Brazilian government has been testing its CBDC amid its deep interaction with other BRICS nations. Already, the Brazilian government has initiated its decoupling from depending on the United States Dollar in settling international payments. Resultantly, the Brazilian government could significantly facilitate international payments with the digital Real after its official launch.

Better Option

The Brazilian public who feel not to use digital Real will always have an option of using privacy-centric crypto assets like Monero (XMR), which had a market capitalization of about $3 billion and a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $61 million. Currently, Monero crypto asset is available for trading on MEXC, DigiFinex, Binance, and Kraken, among others. The privacy-centric crypto industry is however readily available through decentralized exchanges that offer enhanced liquidity.

Nonetheless, the adoption of privacy-centric crypto assets remains largely slow amid sanctions in different international markets.

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