Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas recently sharply criticized European cryptocurrency policy in an interview with the Lunaticoin podcast. He compared Europe to a "museum", calling the region "devoid of investment activity"; at the same time, he compared it to a "zoo", alluding to the fact that Europe is putting citizens under supervision in preparation for the mandatory introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Salinas, one of Mexico's wealthiest entrepreneurs and a well-known Bitcoin proponent, emphasizes that Bitcoin is an effective tool for circumventing government financial controls. "The world of Bitcoin offers people a whole new option to enter another financial universe," he said. "By depositing your savings in Bitcoin, you can move assets anywhere and anytime, enabling true free movement of assets, which is the solution to countering centralized control of CBDC."