I believe the latest feedback on CBDC use in the African regions and China were not very good.
I can't comment on Africa but the news from China doesn't really look bad. It shows a solid growth in both adoption (number of users) and the number of transactions processed. The value processed was reported to surpass
100 billion yuan ($13.94 billion) recently, they claim that it is out of initial stage and is being
used more.
Dictatorship do make a difference. As far as I know Chinese government is pushy on what they wanted to implement, and at the same time they are releasing fake news in order to hide what really is happening in their country. It is either of the two but I think it is more on the first one why CBDC in China is showing a solid growth.
Staying completely anonymous in the modern world is nearly impossible. I'm sure CIA, FBI and all other "three letter agencies" know who Satoshi was, who Bitcoin developers were/are etc. Anonymity doesn't exist, it's only a dream. If you start going against the system, you will be identified and tracked asap.
I also think that the government knows who Satoshi is and I am also one among the people who believe in a conspiracy theory that Satoshi is already dead killed by higher authority to stop or hinder the propagation of Bitcoin. They maybe somehow successful in hindering but these authority failed miserably in stopping the propagation of Bitcoin.