There are several cryptocurrencies which are regularly used for purchases. Just because BTC and meme-coins get the media coverage and speculation doesn’t stop others being used for transactions.

US hegemony is over. Get used to it.

In the UK as well. My bank is pushing the phone app, and making it difficult to use the website without a phone. I will probably change my banking provider soon.

The MSM blame their favorite bogeyman and you just believe them … how do you manage to use a keyboard with an IQ that low?

I don’t know of any shop or street/market trader that will “write down a card number” or accept a written IOU from a random customer. In Europe cheques are practically extinct. When electronic systems or banks fail, cash is the obvious and generally the only working solution “in 2024”.