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There are more ongoing cross-border CBDC trials with cute names than one can possibly keep track of (such as Cedar, Icebreaker, Jasper, Mariana and many more). But one stands out: the mBridge project. Why? For the following reasons:
- It involves 23 central banks, including the BIS (the official organization for central banks)
- It is designed to bypass the US dollar-based global financial system
- It is almost ready to go live
Noelle Acheson is the former head of research at CoinDesk and Genesis Trading, and host of the CoinDesk Markets Daily podcast. This article is excerpted from her Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, which focuses on the overlap between the shifting crypto and macro landscapes. These opinions are hers, and nothing she writes should be taken as investment advice.
Assuming it meets its target schedule, mBridge is set to become the first functioning blockchain-based payment platform involving official entities. Its nucleus is in Asia, but organizations from all continents are also involved. And while it is unlikely to knock the dollar off its global reserve currency perch, it could end up impacting international flows, trade agreements and the power of sanctions.
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Icebreaker In March 2023, the Bank for International Settlements, in collaboration with the central banks of Israel, Norway, and Sweden, completed the Icebreaker project, which examined the technical feasibility of using retail CBDCs in international payments.
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originally posted by: kwaka
When the USD jump off the gold standard 40-80 years ago it did create a big increase in the currency supply. At the time this worked out great as post WW2 America was all over the planet and helped build an international standard currency unit. Previously it was London, then Rome.
With how the USD is build, it is based on growth. While the population keeps growing, it soaks up all this new money and keeps things moving. A big die off will add to inflation pressures.
There are a lot of cryptocurrencies out there these days. Tough job sorting this out, at the hands of market forces. First I have heard of mBridge, with Israel on board it sounds like a contender to the system BRICS are working on. It might just help keep the USD relevant in America if it works.
Consider congress voted in 2017 I believe it was to no longer peg USD with the petrodollar.
And now the USD petrodollar is not being traded with SWIFT.
No more blackmarkets, money Laundering, drug trafficking and wars fought and financed by fiat(printing money from nothing). QFS for the win
NESARA/GESARA is a better alternative in my opinion.
.00058 cents per transaction.
Children are bought, sold, raped, abused, tortured, eaten, organs harvested, etc. at an industrial level and this will be what unites us, for a time.