Privacy and the regulatory state are incompatible. After all, how can the state protect you from all the bad things you want to do, unless it knows what you're doing in the first place?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-03/germany-unveils-cash-controls-push-ban-transactions-over-€5000-€500-euro-note
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-03/germany-unveils-cash-controls-push-ban-transactions-over-€5000-€500-euro-note