Slay News and EuroNews posted the following:

Europe Criminalizes Large Cash Payments Ahead of ‘Digital Euro’ Launch
Europe has taken a major step toward ending financial privacy as the globalist European Union (EU) will officially criminalize large cash payments.
Beginning January 2027, any cash transaction above €10,000 will be outlawed in the EU, making large cash purchases illegal across all 27 member states.
The move is part of the EU’s sweeping new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) package.
Unelected EU officials insist that AML targets criminals but, in practice, places ordinary citizens under full financial surveillance.
Crackdown on Cash & Bitcoin
Under the new rules:
• Any cash payment over €10,000 becomes a criminal offense.
• Any crypto transaction above €1,000 without approved identity verification is subject to prosecution.
Meanwhile, anonymous digital wallets, used for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, are banned entirely.
The new laws mandate that every crypto transfer must be linked to a verified digital ID. …
The new laws are in preparation for the looming central bank digital currency (CBDC) that is due to soon launch across all EU nations.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed plans to roll out the Digital Euro by 2029. 11/11/25 https://slaynews.com/news/europe-criminalizes-large-cash-payments-ahead-digital-euro-launch/
13 November 2025
In reality, the EU hasn’t banned cash. It is, however, introducing a bloc-wide limit on how much you can pay in banknotes to a business, as part of a sweeping overhaul targeting money-laundering set to come into force in 2027. … businesses will no longer be able to accept cash payments for amounts that surpass that threshold, … By putting a €10,000 cap on cash payments, the EU aims to force more payments into traceable channels and therefore reduce the opportunities for money laundering and other forms of financial crime.
The package is set to take effect in July 2027 and, alongside other measures, includes the establishment of an EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority in Frankfurt, which will see its full powers come into effect at the same time. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/11/13/no-brussels-didnt-just-criminalise-cash

It is only a matter of time before European currency goes digital.

Related to monitoring crypto currencies, like Bitcoin, notice something I posted here back in 2013:

There is no way governments will intentionally allow a system that gets around all of their financial espionage. …
The Bible is clear that the time is coming when the Beast power will have implemented some type of strong financial control. Thus, it is not likely that Ron Paul’s hope of being able to buy and sell privately with something like Bitcoin will last. The Beast power will not allow it, (Thiel B. Bitcoin, China, NSA, & the Beast. COGwriter, December 5, 2015)

Well, the EU has declared that it will implement controls against crypto currencies.

Notice some quotes from my December 2024 article titled 25 items to prophetically watch in 2025:

13. CBDCs and 666
Notice the following prophecy:
16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. (Revelation 13:16-18)
This type of financial surveillance could not have happened during the time of the Apostle John as there was no real way to monitor many financial transactions then (despite the fact that ‘preterists’ believe this was fulfilled almost 2000 years ago, see also The Dangerous Rise of Preterists). The same was true for all the centuries that followed until the late 20th and now the 21st century. But now not only does the technology exist to monitor most financial transactions, the political will is there as well.
It will be a European power that will fulfill the above prophecy of 666 (watch Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?).
It will likely take supercomputers aided with artificial intelligence to aid in the fulfillment of the scriptures in Revelation 13:15-18, as well as cyber-spying/monitoring. I do believe that cyber monitoring will be used by the European Beast, King of the North, 666 power. …
Knowledge and monitoring of financial transactions is greatly increasing — supercomputers may be able to better monitor more economic activy as well as reverse engineer things like Bitcoin.
Europe has claimed that it will be the dominant force in cryptocurrency. A supercomputer may be able to trace all owners and users, as well as even decode blockchain technology.
The Europeans, themselves, will continue to push for a CBDC or other type of digital currency. …
While 2025 will not see a cashless world, expect to see more movements towards monitorable payments.
Expect to see more steps related to Central Bank Digital Currencies in 2025. …
Look for more totalitarian steps to be proposed and/or implemented in 2025.

No, going completely to a monitorable CBDC or other digital currency is not clearly in the interest of the public.

As far as Europe goes, consider a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had the following:

The global interest in CBDC remains strong, and exploration continues around the world. The Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) most recent CBDC survey shows that the proportion of the 86 responding central banks that are exploring CBDC has risen to 94 percent. The survey indicates that up to fifteen CBDCs will likely have been issued by 2030 (BIS 2024a). …
The European Central Bank (ECB) is moving forward with the digital euro project. It moved from the initial phase into the preparation phase in November 2023. This preparation phase aims to lay the foundation of a potential future digital euro, by finalizing its rulebook and selecting providers that could help develop a technical platform. A first draft of the rulebook and a first call for providers were presented in January 2024 (ECB 2024)—the ECB has earmarked significant funds to work with the private sector to develop a digital euro. The next phase involving an actual development and rollout of the digital euro could start in November 2025 at the earliest. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Policy-Papers/Issues/2024/11/08/Central-Bank-Digital-Currency-Progress-And-Further-Considerations-557194

Biblically, we know from the following prophecy that Europe will have a controlled currency (Revelation 13:16-18).

It will be a European power that will fulfill the above prophecy of 666 (watch Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?).

Europe has long been in the process of putting together what may become the enforcer of controlling buying and selling. We put together the following video related to that back in 2019:

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EU Setting Up 666 Enforcer?

The European Union is in the process of establishing the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. This is a major, first-of-its-kind move, with the EU setting up a European-wide prosecutor’s office that will have power to investigate and charge people for financial crimes committed against the EU. It looks like this type of office may end up persecuting those that do not have the mark of the Beast when they “buy or sell” as that will later be considered a financial crime in Europe. What does 666 mean? How has that name be calculated? How can we be certain that this is a prophecy for Europe and not Islam? Is the appointment of this new office of significant prophetic importance? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more by pointing to scriptures, news items, and historical accounts.

Here is a link to the sermonette video: EU Setting Up 666 Enforcer?

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office officially started operations on 1 June 2021 (https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/background).

So, there is an office to prosecute the upcoming “crimes” of making large cash of crypto payments.

More ‘666’ moves will happen!

We also produced the following related video:

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CBDCs and a Cashless Society
“Bringing you news and analysis of world events in light of Bible prophecy.” This one of the mandates of the Continuing Church of God. The Beast of Revelation is shown as controlling all buying and selling. Might CBDCs fill a role in that control? The Bank of International Settlement predicts there will be at least 9 CBDCs in circulation by 2030. Globalists would prefer a faster pace. What nations or groups of nations are pushing for a Central Bank Digital Currency? There is one group of nations that has claimed it wants to be the dominant force in a CBDC. Will this group of nations become a tie-in to the 666 Mark of the Beast? How close are we to CBDCs? Dr. Thiel uses verses from Bible prophecy to shine the light of understanding on the dangers of the coming Beast power and the cashless society promised by CBDCs. You can read the corresponding article to this video titled “Yes, there are threats of cashlessness, most in NZ, Canada, the US, & Australia oppose CBDCs, yet the IMF continues to push for CBDCs.”

Here is a link to our video: CBDCs and a Cashless Society.

The European ‘666’ will arise and control buying and selling.

It will come to Europe, but not the same way to the USA.

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

The Mark of Antichrist What is the mark of Antichrist? What have various ones claimed? Here is a link to a related sermon What is the ‘Mark of Antichrist’?
Mark of the Beast What is the mark of the Beast? Who is the Beast? What have various ones claimed the mark is? What is the ‘Mark of the Beast’?
Europa, the Beast, and Revelation Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to do with the Book of Revelation? What about “the Beast”? Is an emerging European power “the daughter of Babylon”? What is ahead for Europe? Here is are links to related videos: European history and the Bible, Europe In Prophecy, The End of European Babylon, and Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European? Here is a link to a related sermon in the Spanish language: El Fin de la Babilonia Europea.
Could God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End? Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2031 or 2035 or? There is also a video titled: When Does the 6000 Years End? 2031? 2035? Here is a link to the article in Spanish: ¿Tiene Dios un plan de 6,000 años?
When Will the Great Tribulation Begin? 2025, 2026, or 2027? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation in the “beginning of sorrows”? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? Is this the time of the Gentiles? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord? Who are the 144,000? A short video is available titled: Great Tribulation Trends 2025.
Is a Great Reset Coming? Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum has proposed a societal change that has been basically endorsed by the Vatican and many world leaders. Does the Bible prophesy a major reset? Here is a link to a related video: Will there be a “Great Reset”?
Lost Tribes and Prophecies: What will happen to Australia, the British Isles, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and the United States of America? Where did those people come from? Can you totally rely on DNA? What about other peoples? Do you really know what will happen to Europe and the English-speaking peoples? What about Africa, Asia, South America, and the Islands? This free online book provides scriptural, scientific, historical references, and commentary to address those matters. Here are links to related sermons: Lost tribes, the Bible, and DNA; Lost tribes, prophecies, and identifications; 11 Tribes, 144,000, and Multitudes; Israel, Jeremiah, Tea Tephi, and British Royalty; Gentile European Beast; Royal Succession, Samaria, and Prophecies; Asia, Islands, Latin America, Africa, and Armageddon; When Will the End of the Age Come?; Rise of the Prophesied King of the North; Christian Persecution from the Beast; WWIII and the Coming New World Order; and Woes, WWIV, and the Good News of the Kingdom of God.