The reason implants have kinda gonna along the wayside is that they cause cancer. Specifically cancer in the area implanted in. So, they kinda stopped pushing it.

The number of the beast is not one thing to be avoided. It is a set of things.
The Social inSecurity Act 666, was one such number of the beast implementation.

Give up freedom, become a number. (or lose part of what makes you human)

Cryptocurrencies are not bad in themselves.
Digital, or cashless systems are not bad, the ability to control, the ability to take your digital-cash or to stop you from using your money in any way you desire is what is bad.

Litecoin and Digibyte are actually better than cash. It can't be stolen by the govern-cement, and you can send it to any other person in the world.

What the NWO wants is for everyone to be a number, and for them to use their digital money which they have complete control over.