“ ‘Once you take control of your currency, once you take control of your data, once you take control of your citizenship, that’s when you’re going to have true freedom.’ ”

That’s Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon talking up cryptocurrencies at a lecture in Zurich this week.

He explained why digital currencies like bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.03% could be an asset to the European antiestablishment movement, according to CoinTelegraph.

Cryptos and the blockchain will “empower [the populist] movement, empower companies, [and] empower governments to get away from the central banks that debase your currency and makes slave wages,” he said. “We take control of the central banks away. That will give us the power again.”

In other words, Bannon believes these advances will free the people from the establishment that has created “a new serfdom,” CoinTelegraph reported.

Using some of the rhetoric that made him a key part of the Trump campaign, Bannon accused governments, central banks, and tech companies of infringing on the rights of ordinary citizens and exploiting them for their own purposes.

His comments come amid his speaking tour around Europe, where he’s received a warm welcome in front of sold out crowds. According to Politico, 1,500 people packed the house to see him spout his brand of ”economic nationalism” and populism, which included expected jabs at “limousine liberals” and “the Clinton mafia.”