The Digital Euro - How Total Control Becomes a Reality What was once dismissed as completely unthinkable is about to be implemented: the digital euro Imagine: Your account will be blocked because you hold the "wrong" political opinion. Your payments will be rejected because your personal CO2 quota has been used up. Your assets are partly confiscated because the state declares an emergency - and you have to be liable for it with part of your assets. Your money expires because it has a built-in expiration date and you need to have spent it by a certain time. Scenarios like these - as incredible as they sound at first - will soon be reality.