Checkmate: How Adopting a BRICS Payment System Might Erode the Dollar’s Dominance in Trade Markets

Several international analysts examined how the introduction of a BRICS international payment system might affect the current use of the U.S. dollar in trade. Experts cited sanctions evasion, cost reduction, and transaction confidentiality as the main advantages of this system compared to alternatives like SWIFT. Experts Warn Upcoming BRICS Payment System Might Dent Dollar’s Trade … Read more

Argentine Stablecoin Markets Soar After Announcement Ending Currency Controls

Stablecoin trading volumes skyrocketed following the confirmation of the end of currency control measures in Argentine markets. Local exchanges reported a 100% increase in trading volumes, initially driven by selling trends. However, by Saturday, buyers had taken control, leading to rising exchange rates. Argentine Stablecoin Trading Volumes Blow up as Currency Controls Get Lifted The … Read more

China Asks Banks to Curb Dollar Purchases as Yuan Hits Multi-Year Low

China seeks to maintain the stability of the yuan in the face of the current tariff war, informally asking state banks to stop their dollar purchases. According to Reuters, these institutions would also ramp up controls on customers’ dollar purchases to stop speculation. China Reportedly Issuing Dollar Purchase Guidance to Control Yuan Value Drop China … Read more

Deutsche Bank Warns of Significant De-Dollarization Risks Among US Allies

Deutsche Bank has issued a warning regarding the potential risks to the U.S. dollar’s status as a global reserve currency, citing concerns over the reliability of the Federal Reserve’s liquidity backstop, particularly its dollar swap lines. In light of informal discussions among European central banking officials about the Fed’s commitment to providing support during market … Read more

Venezuelan Bolivar Plunges After Secondary Crude Tariff Regime Announcement

The Venezuelan bolivar accelerated its loss against the U.S. dollar as the government faced dollar shortages amid an economic trade war. The Trump administration’s secondary trade tariff regime on Venezuelan crude is starving the country of foreign currency to inject into the national market, driving these imbalances. Secondary Tariff Announcement Prompts Steep Venezuelan Bolivar Drop … Read more

Balaji Srinivasan: Dollar Inflation Is Global Taxation

In a recent social media post, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan argued that U.S. dollar inflation acts as a form of global taxation, highlighting the disparity in financial impacts between Americans and the global population. He noted that if the approximately $6 trillion printed since 2020 were distributed solely among the 330 million Americans, each … Read more

Peter Schiff Warns of ‘Parasitic Relationship’ Threatening Dollar Value and Painful Economic Transition

In a recent social media post, economist Peter Schiff critiques the Trump administration’s characterization of the U.S. as the “world’s best customer,” arguing that this perspective misrepresents the global economic relationship. Schiff asserts that while demand is unlimited, the resources to satisfy that demand are scarce, emphasizing that supply, not demand, is the limiting factor … Read more

Trump’s Policies Threaten US Dollar Dominance, Warns Economics Professor

In a recent essay for the Financial Times that is heating up discussions in economic circles, Berkeley professor and author of Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar, Barry Eichengreen argues that President Donald Trump’s policies are significantly undermining the foundations of U.S. dollar dominance and international economic relationships. Eichengreen highlights concerns over … Read more

Stablecoins, Not Bitcoin, Extend US Dollar Hegemony, Chinese Economist Warns

A Chinese economist, Zhang Ming, argues that U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins, not Bitcoin or Ethereum, are strengthening the U.S. dollar’s global dominance. Dollar-Pegged Stablecoins Bolstering Dollar’s Global Role According to Zhang Ming, deputy director of the Institute of Finance and Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins, not bitcoin ( BTC) or … Read more