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BRICS Slashes US Dollar and Euro Transactions to Below 30%

BRICS Slashes US Dollar and Euro Transactions to Below 30%BRICS nations are increasingly using national currencies, with 65% of transactions now conducted in local currencies, according to a Russian finance official. The U.S. dollar and euro account for less than 30% of payments among member states, signaling a strategic shift to reduce dependency on Western financial systems. The trend has accelerated due to sanctions […]

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Russian Finance Minister: Western Policies Hurt the US Dollar

Russian Finance Minister: Western Policies Hurt the US DollarRussian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov believes that the policies of the US and its Western allies are affecting the role of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency. Siluanov stated that while the U.S. dollar will remain popular, the BRICS bloc will develop a solution using digital financial assets to replace it. Russian Finance Minister […]

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Russian Finance Minister Discloses That Over 90% of Bilateral Trade With China Is Settled Outside the U.S. Dollar System

Russian Finance Minister Discloses That Over 90% of Bilateral Trade With China Is Settled Outside the U.S. Dollar SystemAnton Siluanov, the Russian Finance Minister, pointed out that a majority of the bilateral trade with China is being conducted outside the U.S. dollar system. He stressed that over 90% of these transactions have been completed using national currencies (rubles and yuan) due to the risks associated with executing these using “unfriendly” currencies. Russian Finance […]

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Russia to Clarify Cryptocurrency Mining Gray Areas, Including Payments

Russia to Clarify Cryptocurrency Mining Gray Areas, Including PaymentsAnton Siluanov, the finance minister of Russia, is prepared to discuss the gray areas surrounding cryptocurrency mining and the use of its proceeding for payments. In a recent lecture, Siluanov stated that the government needed to agree “on what can be done with cryptocurrency,” and “what cannot be done,” recognizing that the issue had been […]

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Russia Discusses Testing Digital Ruble for Budget Payments

Russia Discusses Testing Digital Ruble for Budget PaymentsThe Central Bank of Russia and the Russian treasury are considering testing using the Russian CBDC, the digital ruble, to complete budget settlements. The tests would involve using this CBDC to make payments to businesses and citizens and receiving payments from these in CBDC, to ensure the targeted use of these funds. Russian Digital Ruble […]

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Russia Hints at Development of CBDC-Based BRICS Bridge Payments System

Russia Hints at Development of CBDC-Based BRICS Bridge Payments SystemRussia has proposed the development and implementation of a BRICS-wide payment system that would use central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to manage trade settlements. The BRICS bridge, as referred to by Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, would address the fragmentation of the current payment system outside the West’s “unfriendly infrastructure.” Russia Hints at Using CBDC […]

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Co-Founder of Bitmex Predicts Gold Rising to $10K, Bitcoin Marching to $1 Million

Co-Founder of Bitmex Predicts Gold Rising to K, Bitcoin Marching to  MillionOn March 16, Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitmex, published a blog post called “Energy Cancelled,” which describes the economics behind the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Hayes explains in his 26-minute long opinion piece that historians may point to February 26, 2022, as the time in history when the “Petro Dollar / Euro […]

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