Hey, gang. Here’s the short version:
China is about to launch an international payments system called mBridge.
mBridge is a direct challenge to the dollar’s position as the global reserve currency.
In the aftermath of the Iran war, China is pushing ahead with a system that could help replace the petrodollar. WHICH WOULD BE BAD.
Oh, and Donald Trump is fucking this up, too.
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1. Plumbing
Have you ever wondered how money moves? You run a refinery in the Philippines and you want to buy crude oil from a company in the UAE. How does your money get from Manila to Abu Dhabi?
Once upon a time, the buyer’s bank would send a Telex to the seller’s bank saying,
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