The ECB will decide whether or not to launch its digital euro by October 2025.

Of course, Christine Lagarde will try to convince you that this digital euro will not be used to:

• monitor your transactions

• block purchases deemed unacceptable

Gold and Bitcoin are the only assets you can hold directly without an intermediary.

This means no one can steal them from you if you keep them safe and secure.

The problem with gold is that it doesn't cross borders like Bitcoin. What's more, gold is easily taxed on resale, which is not the case with Bitcoin.

Gold may even be impossible to r…