Rob Cunningham: A Commission-wide Digital-Asset Safe Harbor

Rob Cunningham: A Commission-wide Digital-Asset Safe Harbor

8-11-2026

The SEC’s Nuclear Option: A Commission-wide Digital-Asset Safe Harbor on August 14, 2026?

Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act gives the SEC remarkably broad exemptive authority.

The SEC itself describes it this way:

“…the Commission may, by rule, regulation, or order, conditionally or unconditionally exempt persons, transactions, securities – or entire classes of them – from provisions of the Exchange Act or its rules, provided the exemption is in the public interest and consistent with investor protection.”

Imagine the Commission voting August 14 for a sweeping Digital Asset Market Transition / Innovation Exemption establishing something like:

Until Congress completes comprehensive market-structure legislation, qualifying decentralized digital assets and qualifying transactions involving them may operate under a defined federal safe harbor and tailored securities-market framework, rather than being forced through securities rules designed for conventional issuers and intermediaries.

That would not literally enact the CLARITY Act. The SEC cannot legislate the CFTC into possessing powers Congress has not granted it, rewrite statutes, or enact CLARITY by administrative vote.

But within the SEC’s own statutory jurisdiction, it could potentially accomplish something economically similar in important areas.

And there is precedent for thinking in exactly this direction. The SEC has already been actively exercising Section 36 authority in 2026, including conditional exemptions from Exchange Act requirements.

Now take that concept to its theoretical maximum.

The Commission could combine several actions into one enormous regulatory package:

1 Define the securities boundary much more sharply.

2 Establish that numerous crypto assets are not themselves securities merely because they previously were sold in an investment-contract transaction. The SEC has already issued a March 2026 Commission interpretation specifically addressing how federal securities laws apply to different types of crypto assets and crypto transactions.

3 Create a broad Section 36 transitional exemption.
Exchanges, broker-dealers, ATSs, custodians and other regulated entities could receive conditional relief allowing them to interact with qualifying digital assets and blockchain infrastructure without every legacy securities-market requirement mechanically applying.

4 Open regulated securities markets to on-chain infrastructure.
The really radical version would permit qualifying broker-dealers, exchanges, clearing organizations and other intermediaries to integrate tokenized securities, blockchain settlement and digital assets under specified conditions.

5 Create an innovation exemption for tokenization.
Instead of requiring every novel DLT architecture to wait years for bespoke regulatory accommodation, establish a principles-based pathway: meet custody, disclosure, anti-fraud, capital, cybersecurity and investor-protection conditions and enter the regulated marketplace now.

6 Resolve the secondary-market problem.
The Commission could make unmistakably clear that secondary transactions in qualifying non-security crypto assets don’t somehow become securities transactions merely because an asset once figured in somebody else’s securities offering.

7 Normalize regulated custody and collateral treatment.
A coordinated package could remove major SEC-created obstacles to broker-dealer custody, tokenized collateral, digital-asset securities and institutional participation.

Source(s):
• https://x.com/KuwlShow/status/2087238412801638882

https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/08/12/rob-cunningham-a-commission-wide-digital-asset-safe-harbor/

Japan Just Forced the US into an Impossible Choice

Japan Just Forced the US into an Impossible Choice

Taylor Kenny:  8-11-2026

Japan’s currency crisis may be exposing a much bigger problem for the U.S. The largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries—faces mounting pressure at the same time America is approaching $40 trillion in debt. So what happens if Japan needs cash and starts selling Treasuries?

The global financial system is currently experiencing subtle yet profound shifts that could redefine wealth preservation for years to come.

Recent movements in foreign exchange markets—specifically an unprecedented intervention by the United States to support the Japanese yen—have signaled deeper structural vulnerabilities within the international monetary framework. What initially appeared to be a routine diplomatic or financial courtesy is, upon closer inspection, a strategic move driven by mutual economic survival.

Understanding these macroeconomic developments requires looking beyond daily headlines to examine the interconnected mechanisms of sovereign debt, foreign reserves, and global currency stability.

In a rare move not seen on this scale in over three decades, monetary authorities in the United States recently intervened in currency markets to help stabilize the Japanese yen. By liquidating a portion of its euro reserves, the U.S. actively supported Japan’s currency, which has been under severe downward pressure due to widening interest rate differentials.

This intervention was not merely an act of international goodwill. Japan is currently the largest foreign holder of U.S. sovereign debt. However, with a domestic debt load roughly double the size of its economy, Japan faces immense pressure to defend its currency. Without external support, Japan would likely be forced to liquidate significant holdings of U.S. Treasuries to raise the capital necessary to back the yen.

The prospect of Japan selling off massive tranches of U.S. government debt presents a serious challenge for Washington. The U.S. bond market relies heavily on consistent demand from foreign central banks to absorb its ongoing debt issuance. If major buyers like Japan pause their purchases—or actively flood the secondary market with existing Treasuries—it creates a supply-and-demand imbalance.

When demand for sovereign debt falls, bond yields (and consequently, interest rates) must rise to attract new buyers. Higher interest rates increase borrowing costs across the entire economy, from mortgage rates to corporate debt, while simultaneously making it far more expensive for the U.S. government to service its own national debt, which is fast approaching the $40 trillion threshold.

To prevent rates from spiking uncontrolled, the Federal Reserve could ultimately be forced to intervene as the buyer of last resort, expanding its balance sheet and potentially accelerating inflationary pressures.

For decades, the U.S. dollar has enjoyed the distinct advantage of being the world’s primary reserve currency. This global demand for dollars has effectively exported domestic inflation, allowing the U.S. to carry high levels of public debt without immediate, runaway price increases at home.

However, as global trade patterns evolve and geopolitical dynamics shift, trust in the long-term stability of fiat-based debt systems is being tested. Central banks around the world are increasingly scrutinizing the risks associated with holding large reserves of foreign sovereign debt. When national debts balloon without a clear path toward fiscal balance, global confidence in the purchasing power of paper currencies naturally wanes.

As international confidence in traditional fiat models faces headwinds, central banks and institutional investors are quietly reallocating capital. Rather than relying solely on paper assets and sovereign debt, there is a growing pivot toward tangible, non-counterparty assets—most notably physical gold.

Physical precious metals have historically served as a foundational hedge during periods of monetary transition and currency debasement. Unlike sovereign bonds, physical gold carries no credit risk and cannot be diluted through monetary expansion. The systemic shifts currently taking place highlight the importance of risk management and portfolio diversification outside of purely dollar-denominated financial instruments.

The recent currency interventions and bond market tensions serve as an early warning signal of broader structural adjustments within global finance. As debt levels rise and traditional currency relationships face stress, proactive financial planning becomes essential for safeguarding capital. Diversifying into physical assets and reducing over-reliance on a single currency system remain prudent strategies for navigating an uncertain economic landscape.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Japan Just Forced the U.S. Into an Impossible Choice

00:55 Japan Is the Largest Foreign Holder of U.S. Debt

01:55 Why the Dollar’s Reserve Status Matters

02:24 The Debt Doom Loop Is Accelerating

03:52 What Happens If Japan Starts Selling U.S. Treasuries?

04:50 Why the U.S. Currency Intervention Was So Unusual

05:49 The Bigger Threat: Other Countries Could Follow

07:17 The U.S. Is Running Out of Good Options

08:42 Why Physical Gold and Silver Matter

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Bruce’s Big Call Dinar Intel Tuesday Night 8-11-26

Bruce’s Big Call Dinar Intel Tuesday Night 8-11-26 

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Welcome everybody to the big call tonight. It is Tuesday, August 11, and you're listening to the big call. Welcome everybody from wherever you're listening, So let's do this. All right. Thank you, Bob. Appreciate that. Thank you, Sue.

And let's talk about where we are now in the world of Intel. It's a little bit quiet out there right now, but I'll tell you from the various perspectives of where we believe we are on our timeline.

I like to try to give you an idea of where we are and how far we are away from what we're looking for, which is the revelation of this blessing, the manifestation of it.

And I'll tell you that I'll tell you that we have some pretty good information so far today. Now, the The redemption center leaders that went in yesterday and today, which is Tuesday, they did not see rates on their screens at the redemption centers.

 So we still don't have rates. At least they're not showing up.

When when one of our leaders went into the redemption center, he thought, "Well, I'm going to put in my new information, which was new username, ID, password.  He got had to use a biometric fingerprint and a retinal scan. Got in the system and found that nope, he's right. There are no rates up.

Let's see what happens tomorrow. Tomorrow's Wednesday. Maybe those things show up tomorrow.

And both. Well, let me put this way. Redemption Center leaders are looking to receive emails from the Wells Fargo management that is supposed to tell them what to expect, what the timeline is, adjust their schedules, all of that. Those emails are still not in yet. One was expecting one by noon today. Didn't happen.

Now it might be by noon tomorrow. That just means he's going to receive information that he can assimilate and see where we stand.

All right. Then we heard from a let's see two three different sources in Canada that were able to do early exchanges at I would call them super low or sucker rate values for the dinar, but they were able to get some exchanges done with a few notes, and get a little bit of walking around money, and they accomplished what they wanted to do by being able to get in and have those exchanges done at one particular bank.

Now, all of these three were bank customers of that bank in two different parts of the country, of Canada, not here in the states, but in Canada.

The only reason I bring that up is, you know, we've heard of early exchanges or practice exchanges or whatever that have happened in this country in the past, but it had to be between certain hours, and then boom, it was off. Just a little bit of liquidity for the banks and for these customers.

Well, I think that was sort of the thing that happened yesterday and today. Now, the other piece that was interesting about so-called early exchanges is we have heard and confirmed through our banking source in Canada that early exchanges had been taking place in India. Indonesia and Pakistan and one other country, which was not yet named, so that shows us they're getting some things done in other parts of the world that could be very similar to what happened in Canada today and yesterday, with so-called early exchanges, the good news is perhaps this is the way to look at this. Is maybe this is the first fruits of the blessing that we are about to receive.

 Nothing's happening here yet. We don't have 800 numbers yet. We don't have exchanges starting in this country yet. We don't have redemption centers with rates on the screens yet.

But what we're hearing from a military source is, in  terms of what he's getting and transferring to us, is he believes Thursday, Friday, for us. Today's Tuesday. That would be Thursday for notifications.

Possibly Friday for notifications, but either Thursday, Friday for notifications, and Friday, Saturday for the start of exchanges this week.

Now, that's what one military source has told us is a reliable source, but we haven't gotten anything else yet to confirm or deny that possibility of later this week. So, that is the long and short of the intel that we've received.

 It's not a whole lot, but you know as well as I do, as we get closer and closer, it gets quieter and quieter out there because people are under new NDAs.

They're essentially told not to talk to anybody outside of the bank, you know that kind of thing. So we have to take what we can get and be happy with what we get.

Otherwise, many of you have heard what I said last Thursday about Peter, who does his his podcasts on YouTube, and I've been watching more of those, and it's just interesting for me to see how different parts of the country are being handled, and how how vastly different certain areas of the country are, even regarding the inner city, even regarding certain areas like Kensington as part of Philadelphia, as being just really, really in need of some help, especially due to drug use, and for some stupid reason, certain governments believe that giving free needles will help not to spread AIDS.

All right, fine. Maybe that's the case, but it's also enabling drug users to use more drugs, and it's just what's on what I saw today in Kensington. It was just really terribly sad, and thank God that there's a ministry called the Rock there in that town that's helping and making a difference in people's lives. The people that are on the street, and it's a great ministry.

 I'm very happy to to hear what they're doing there, and they're helping people and providing rooms and providing meals and clothing and all of that stuff that most Christian ministries would like to do.

 But these guys are right there in the hood, doing it for the people. So I would think that's a great ministry that we can help in Kensington area of Philadelphia.

Then you go down to Good Hope, Alabama, on Mobile Bay, and you see a totally different way of life. Completely different. Yes, it's deep south. Is it Alabama, Alabama? Not really. It's not like most of the rest of Alabama.

But I'm just really impressed with the fact that Good Hope is. It's been one of the top 10 places to retire for years in this country, and I'd never really seen it or been there.

I've been to Mobile, but this is part of it's on Mobile Bay, but I've never been to Good Hope, and I thought it was really wonderful how it was portrayed, and it's just it just goes.

Show how vastly different this country is all over. Small towns is where I think Rebuild America is going to focus most of our energy.

Some inner city, yes, but it's about revitalization and rebuilding small towns, housing, taking buildings that have been abandoned, and taking it and changing that, making that into affordable housing, creating industry and jobs back in small town America, small businesses.

There's quite a bit, and I hope some of you guys are following Peter. I can't think of his last name right now. Santinello, thank you, Lord Santonello, Peter Santinello on YouTube.

Amazing, amazing to me is how many people are following him. That he goes to a town, and next thing you know, they're saying, "Hey, I follow you. I see you on YouTube. Blah blah blah.

You're the guy, and it's kind of like meeting a celebrity. And so he's doing has done a really good job, and continues to do that.

And I think what I enjoy is getting a look at some of these towns that maybe I've never been to, maybe I know a little bit about them already, but it's good to get a viewpoint on that.

So check that out and look. This is where we are in the meantime, waiting for this to come in. Maybe Thursday, Friday is our start. It could be. We don't have a whole lot to back that at this point.

But the fact that we've got early exchanges going on in Canada and in other countries, it's a good, it's a good outlier, really, that we are very, very close. That's how I have to interpret it.

So let's hope that we are on the track that we think we are, and let's hope that everything is about to come to fruition, okay? Because at this point, guys, we believe everything is still good for this week, but we're just going to have to wait it out and see if that's what happens.

So, recall universe. Thank you all for hanging in there, and thank you for your participation, future participation with Rebuild America, Rebuild International, and Veterans Retreat Network and Pastoral Retreat Network as well. And as far as Venezuela, Colombia, Venezuela and Caracas area of Venezuela under the that those two earthquakes, and then now Colombia at 7.4 magnitude.

Well, everybody, have a wonderful night tonight, and we'll look forward to talking with you on on Thursday. All right, everybody, let's go ahead and turn off the recording.

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Seeds of Wisdom RV and Economics Updates Wednesday Afternoon 8-12-26

Good Afternoon Dinar Recaps,

Cooling Inflation, Rising Debt Costs: The Fed Faces a New Policy Dilemma

U.S. inflation is easing toward the Federal Reserve’s target while record government interest costs increasingly complicate the path for monetary and fiscal policy.

OVERVIEW

• U.S. inflation is cooling: July CPI eased to 3.4%, while core CPI fell to 2.5%, strengthening the case for the Federal Reserve to avoid additional tightening.

• The debt burden is moving in the opposite direction: Interest payments on U.S. public debt have reached approximately $1.37 trillion over the past year, creating increasing pressure on the federal budget.

• The emerging dilemma is becoming more important: Lower inflation could give the Fed room to hold or eventually reduce rates, but high borrowing costs and record debt-service expenses make the cost of maintaining restrictive rates increasingly significant.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

1. July Inflation Shows Further Cooling

The latest CPI data provide evidence that underlying inflation pressures are moderating. Headline CPI rose 3.4% year-over-year, down from 3.5% in June, while the monthly increase was just 0.1%.

Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, declined to 2.5%, its lowest level since February 2026. That remains above the Fed’s 2% target, but the direction is favorable for policymakers.

2. The Fed May Have More Room to Hold Rates Steady

The softer inflation reading has reduced expectations for another immediate rate increase. Market expectations are increasingly shifting toward the possibility that the Federal Reserve holds rates steady rather than tightening further.

If additional inflation reports confirm the trend, policymakers could eventually have greater flexibility to consider lower rates. However, the Fed must balance that possibility against the risk that inflation could remain above target.

3. U.S. Debt-Interest Costs Hit Another Record

While inflation is moving lower, the government's cost of servicing its debt is moving higher.

U.S. public-debt interest expenses have reached approximately $1.37 trillion over the past year, with interest payments reportedly increasing 10.5% year-over-year.

The average interest rate on marketable U.S. debt was approximately 3.411% as of June 2026, illustrating why even modest changes in borrowing costs can have enormous fiscal consequences.

4. Debt Service Could Become a Larger Budget Constraint

If current trends continue, annual federal interest expenses could eventually surpass Social Security as the largest individual component of federal spending.

That does not mean such an outcome is inevitable, but it highlights the structural problem: as older, lower-rate Treasury debt matures and is refinanced at higher rates, the government's interest burden can continue rising even without a dramatic increase in total debt.

5. Markets Must Reconcile Two Opposing Signals

The financial system is therefore receiving two very different signals.

Inflation is providing the Fed with greater policy flexibility, while the enormous stock of outstanding government debt makes higher interest rates increasingly expensive for the Treasury.

That tension could become increasingly important as investors assess the future direction of Treasury yields, federal borrowing, monetary policy and the dollar.

WHY IT MATTERS

The significance extends beyond the latest CPI report.

For the economy, cooling inflation improves household purchasing power and reduces pressure on businesses and consumers. But elevated government interest costs divert increasing amounts of federal revenue toward servicing existing obligations rather than funding other priorities.

For financial markets, the combination creates a difficult pricing environment. Investors must determine whether declining inflation will eventually produce lower interest rates or whether the scale of government borrowing will keep pressure on Treasury yields.

For Federal Reserve policy, the situation is particularly complicated. The Fed wants inflation to return sustainably to 2%, but maintaining restrictive rates for too long also increases the government's financing costs and can tighten financial conditions across the economy.

For the global financial system, the issue is even larger because U.S. Treasury securities remain a core component of global reserves, collateral markets and international investment portfolios.

WHY IT MATTERS TO FOREIGN CURRENCY HOLDERS

• Dollar value: Changes in U.S. interest-rate expectations can influence global demand for dollars and affect exchange rates.

• Purchasing power: Lower inflation could support U.S. purchasing power, while continued fiscal deficits and rising debt-service costs create longer-term concerns about monetary and fiscal stability.

• Capital flows: Investors may continue moving capital toward U.S. assets if Treasury yields remain attractive, but persistent fiscal pressures could eventually influence how global investors allocate reserves.

• Exchange rates: A shift from expectations of higher U.S. rates toward eventual rate reductions could change relative currency valuations and alter capital flows between the dollar and other major currencies.

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL RESET

• Pillar 1: Debt

The clearest structural signal is the growing cost of servicing U.S. government debt. $1.37 trillion in annual interest expense demonstrates how the level of outstanding debt interacts with interest rates to create a rapidly expanding fiscal obligation.

This is important to the broader financial system because the U.S. Treasury market serves as a foundation for global borrowing, collateral and reserve management. Rising debt-service costs therefore represent more than a domestic budget issue.

• Pillar 2: Assets

The relationship between inflation, interest rates and Treasury yields directly affects the valuation of bonds, equities, currencies, gold and other major assets.

If inflation continues falling, markets may increasingly anticipate lower rates, potentially supporting bonds and rate-sensitive assets. But if investors become more concerned about the sustainability of U.S. borrowing, Treasury yields could remain elevated even as inflation declines.

That tension is an important structural signal for global asset allocation.

CONCLUSION

The latest economic data present a striking contrast: inflation is moving in the direction the Federal Reserve wants, while the cost of America's debt is moving in the opposite direction.

That creates a growing policy dilemma. Lower inflation gives the Fed greater flexibility, but the enormous size of the federal debt means that prolonged high interest rates carry increasingly significant fiscal consequences.

The important question is no longer simply whether inflation is falling. Markets must also determine how the United States manages its debt burden while maintaining confidence in the Treasury market and the dollar.

The financial system is entering a period where the cost of money and the cost of debt can no longer be viewed separately.

Seeds of Wisdom Team
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SOURCES

• Crypto Briefing — "US Inflation Falls to 3.4% in July 2026"

• Crypto Briefing — "US Public Debt Interest Hits Record $1.37T"

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Ariel: The Crash of Fiat and the Iraqi Dinar RV

Ariel:  The Crash of Fiat and the Iraqi Dinar RV

8-11-2026

The Crash Of Fiat: Locking Up Liquidity & Transferring The Wealth Of The Ages (End Of C***l)

We Are Going To Dive Right Into It Folks

Iraqi Dinar RV & The $80 Oil Peg:

Iraq is the keystone. Deleting the three zeros was said to require the Clarity Act to codify the asset-backed status into US law, preventing the Cabal from legally challenging the revaluation through their once captured SEC and judiciary. But we know that not the case.

As I explained in my X account. $80 oil ensures Iraq’s state revenue balances against the newly revalued dinar, allowing them to float a hard asset currency without hyperinflating their domestic economy.

The RV cuts the Iranian Rial off from its primary black-market dollar exchange (the Dinar), starving the Deepstate’s proxy funding. Remember, the Cabal wanted this at 200 a barrel.

So now you all know that we are about to get Crypto/Digital Rules from The SEC. Before congress comes back I presume.

THE FLIP: XRP, GOLD, & THE EXTENT OF THE CRASH:

The extent of the crash is Total Systemic Illiquidity. The fiat system does not correct; it freezes. SWIFT goes dark. CBDCs backed by nothing fail. The Cabal’s banks JPM, Citi, BofA find their ledgers empty because the underlying assets (mortgages, derivatives) are recognized as null and void under the new legal framework (Clarity Act + EOs).

The XRP Mechanism: XRP is not a cryptocurrency; it is the bridge liquidity vehicle for the ISO 20022 standard. When the switch flips, XRP is pegged to a physical gold reserve (likely the hoard audited and repatriated under military oversight).

The price is set algorithmically to absorb the total volume of global cross-border trade. The math requires a high price thousands per token to function as the institutional bridge without liquidity friction.

The Intended Sequence Of Events:

1. Crash: SWIFT failure, market closure, Cabal banks locked out of Fed window.

2. Isolate: Cabal capital trapped in old ledger, inaccessible, rendered valueless.

3. Flip: New ledger (XRP/XLM) goes live. Gold peg established.

4. RV: Dinar revalues simultaneously, syncing to the new asset-backed standard.

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Coffee with MarkZ, joined by Andy Schectman and Zester. 08/12/2026

Coffee with MarkZ, joined by Andy Schectman and Zester. 08/12/2026

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Reset Intelligence: A Budget for What Rate?

8-11-2026

A Budget for What Rate?

By Reset Intelligence | @EXIT_FIAT

Iraq has started writing the next law that must name the dinar’s exchange rate – and the central bank is sitting at the drafting table.

The same week, a US senator walked out of Fort Knox and confirmed every ounce of gold is there. Then he said the dollar lost 85% of its value anyway.

The Budget File Reaches the Top Table

On Monday, Prime Minister al-Zaidi personally chaired a session with parliament’s finance committee, Finance Minister al-Sari, and Central Bank Governor Nizar Nasser Hussein. The subject: Iraq’s 2027 federal budget, the first in the country’s history built program-and-performance based. In Iraq, the exchange rate is written into the budget law. The 1,300 sits in the 2023 law, and no law since has replaced it. Iraq never passed a 2026 budget at all.

• The calendar – drafted and sent to parliament in September, endorsed and released in October, per the PM’s own financial adviser

• The door closed on camera – the government spokesman confirmed Iraq has not resorted to external borrowing, leaving the two options state TV repeats nightly: borrow from Iraqi banks, or take the three zeros off the notes

• The old books – former Finance Minister Taif Sami, who kept Iraq’s ledger for the entire life of the 2023 law, was placed on a judicial wanted list 2 days before the meeting

• The gold – central banks bought a record 289 tonnes last quarter; Iraq’s own bank holds roughly 175 tonnes, a quarter of its total reserves

• Fort Knox – Senator Rand Paul confirmed the full 147 million ounce stockpile, then pointed at the 85% the dollar lost since it was cut loose from that metal

Here is the question that matters, and it is the one everyone gets wrong: does the rate have to wait for the budget to pass in January? Iraq’s own record answers it, and the answer changes how you watch the next 6 weeks. The last time the number moved, the paperwork came 4 months later. The full breakdown of that sequence, and what the CBI can do any morning between now and September, is in today’s briefing.

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The budget that names the rate is being written now. The only question history will ask is who saw it while it was actually happening.

https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/08/11/reset-intelligence-a-budget-for-what-rate/

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Reset Intelligence  This week a United States senator Rand Paul walked into the most famous vault on earth [Fort Knox] and settled a half century argument "the gold is there."  All 147 million ounces... The metal never moved.  And the dollar lost 85% of its value anyway.  That is what happens to money with no backing. Nixon's moment and the endless printing did the damage...Now the gold is being counted again. The world is heading back to the gold standard, and the US is leading the way. Baghdad is already positioned, 175 tonnes deep, writing the budget law that names the dinar's next rate.

Frank26  Iraqi citizens repeat after me - We are lifting the value of your currency.  We are lifting the three zeros from your exchange rate.  The 25K note will become a 25 dinar note.  $100 is about 150,000 dinar.  We are going through a currency redenomination.  It's to simplify transactions and to strengthen the confidence in Iraqi citizens on your currency. 

 Walkingstick   [Iraqi bank friend Aki update] WALKINGSCICK:  Aki, do you have any LDs?   AKI:  No, I don't have any lower denominations. I have no needs for lower denominations.  WALKINGSTICK:   When I come to your bank, you're going to take my dinars and give me American dollars in my account right?   AKI:   Yes, I will take care of you in conversion electronically.  I will convert your IQDs into the USDs. 

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The Fed has Lost Control of Interest Rates

VRIC Media:  8-11-2026

Christopher Whalen of Whalen Global Advisors, LLC and publisher of The Institutional Risk Analyst argues that investors may be overlooking one of gold’s most important signals: credit default swaps on U.S. government debt. He explains why rising concern over America’s creditworthiness can strengthen the case for gold, why long-term interest rates may remain elevated even if short-term rates fall, and why inflation is likely to remain a persistent problem.

Whalen also discusses the dollar’s changing role in global reserves, the risk of inflating away U.S. debt, and why he expects a significant reset in housing and parts of the stock market.

0:00 The overlooked indicator driving gold

1:02 Why the Fed may keep rates unchanged

3:22 Short-term rates down, long-term rates higher

5:37 Why mortgage rates could stay elevated

8:38 Whalen’s outlook for gold and silver

11:03 What credit default swaps reveal about U.S. debt

14:14 Why U.S. credit risk can lead gold

16:06 How the dollar’s global role is changing

18:21 Why countries still need U.S. Treasuries

20:30 Diversifying into foreign currencies

23:13 Will America inflate away its debt?

26:05 Why the fiscal problem keeps getting pushed forward

27:31 A potential housing reset in 2028

30:04 Tech valuations and the AI bubble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k802efbalbg

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Five Years With Half Pay, And Six Months Without Pay... Parliament Paves The Way For Granting Iraqi Employees A "Long Leave"

  latest news   Tuesday,   August 11, 2026   Baghdad - One News - 8/11/2026   The Iraqi parliament is paving the way for the approval of a new option for state employees, allowing them to obtain a long leave of five years or more in exchange for receiving half of the nominal salary, in addition to a six-month leave without pay.     

The House of Representatives concluded on Tuesday the first reading of a draft law granting employees a long regular leave, in a step that paves the way for moving to the second reading and discussing its articles, before putting it to a final vote.  

According to the proposed law, an employee is entitled, upon his request, to take leave for a period of five years or more, while receiving 50% of his nominal salary for the duration of the leave.  

The proposal also grants the employee the right to cut short the leave and return to his job after half of its duration has passed, without having to wait until the specified period has completely ended.  

The proposal includes another option that allows the employee to take a six-month leave without pay, at his request, with the possibility of interrupting it and returning to work after half of its duration has passed.  

These provisions are still within the framework of a proposed law and have not yet entered into force, as their approval requires the completion of the legislative stages within the House of Representatives and a final vote on them.  

https://1news-iq.net/5-سنوات-بنصف-الراتب-و6-أشهر-بلا-راتب-البر/

Iraq's Coordination Framework Is Weakening, But No Rival Is Ready To Replace It

2026-08-11 / Shafaq News- Baghdad    Iraq's Coordination Framework, the alliance of Shiite parties that has run the country since 2022, is weaker today than at any point since it was assembled. It is also, for now, the only game in Baghdad, and that pairing —a governing bloc losing its grip while facing no one able to take its place— explains more about where Iraqi politics is heading than any single quarrel inside it.

  The Framework was not designed to be a party, or even a permanent coalition. It formed in 2021 for one purpose: to prevent Muqtada al-Sadr, the populist Shiite cleric whose list had won the most seats, from building a majority government that would have pushed the Iran-aligned parties out of power. Isam al-Faili, a professor of political science at Baghdad's Mustansiriyah University, describes an alliance that carried an unclear label from the day it was born and has only ever been a gathering of forces that agree on very little.    

Read more: Explainer: Iraq’s Coordination Framework and Its Rise to Power

  Hostility to al-Sadr supplied the glue. When he walked away, the glue began to dry. How this alliance holds, or frays, is not a domestic curiosity: it governs a major oil producer, sets the terms of Baghdad's dealings with both Washington and Tehran, and now holds the fate of the armed groups through which Iran projects power across the region.  

Al-Sadr's exit is also the reason the Framework looks so commanding today. He boycotted the November 2025 election outright, and in his absence the Framework's constituent parties returned to the field and claimed roughly 175 of parliament's 329 seats, well above the 130 or so they controlled after the Sadrists quit parliament in 2022.

They reached that total by running apart rather than together —Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law, Qais al-Khazali's Sadiqoon, Ammar al-Hakim's National State Forces, and Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's Reconstruction and Development each contested separately and allied with others.  

Analysts have labeled the tactic-controlled fragmentation: split to harvest the maximum number of seats under an election law the Framework itself redrew to reward large lists, then regroup afterward to name the prime minister and parcel out the ministries.

 It worked cleanly, and in working it exposed the trait that now defines the alliance. The Framework can coordinate with precision when the prize is seats, and hardly at all once the question becomes what to do with them.

  Read more: Exclusive: Coordination Framework split into three factions over armed groups

  What holds it together has narrowed to a single shared interest: keeping hold of the state and everything attached to it —the offices, budgets, and patronage that have organized Iraqi government since the US invasion in 2003.

The discipline this generates is real and easy to underrate. Framework leaders do not turn on one another in public, and when the bloc issues a collective position, none of them steps out to disown it.

That the parties ran as separate lists and then reassembled without a public rupture is itself evidence of coordination, not decay. The unity is genuine at the level of the statement, even when it dissolves the moment anyone tries to act on it.  

 Nowhere is the discipline clearer than in how the Framework picks prime ministers, and nowhere is its dysfunction clearer either. Installing al-Sudani in 2022 took just over a year, the longest government-formation deadlock since 2003.

Once in office, he tried to grow a base of his own, and by November 2025 his list had finished first, yet the Framework still refused him a second term, with corruption files trailing him as he was eased aside.

  Read more: The Shiite Coordination Framework: Can govern Iraq, but cannot agree on a prime minister

  Haitham Numan, a professor of political science at Britain's University of Exeter, reads that arc as a lesson the bloc teaches its own premiers: reach for independence and you become a target.

  The search for al-Sudani's successor then stalled for five months. It broke only when US President Donald Trump moved against al-Maliki's bid to return, threatening to cut security cooperation and freezing dollar transfers to Baghdad until the Framework dropped him.

The compromise that emerged was Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman with no party, no faction, and no political record, chosen because he alarmed no one.  

Al-Zaidi was sworn in on May 14 with only 14 of 23 ministers approved; the interior and defense portfolios, the core of the security establishment, sat empty amid disputes the bloc could not settle.

Al-Faili notes that even al-Zaidi was not a settled choice until the final moment. The relationship between the government and its makers is one of mutual dependence rather than separation; the Framework keeps producing weak premiers because a weak premier is the only kind all of its members will tolerate.

  There is one dispute this method cannot swallow, and it is the one now pressing hardest on the alliance. Several Framework members are not only political parties; they also command weapons.

Al-Amiri's Badr Organization is among the largest factions inside the Popular Mobilization Forces, the state-funded umbrella of mostly Iran-aligned armed groups; al-Khazali's Asaib Ahl al-Haq fields both lawmakers and fighters; the Hoqooq movement is widely understood as the political face of Kataib Hezbollah.

So when the Framework authorized al-Zaidi in early June to bring all weapons under state control, presenting the step as a sovereign national decision, some of the figures signing off were being asked to take apart the very source of their leverage.

  Al-Faili observes that arms are handled case by case rather than by any collective ruling of the bloc, and events bore him out within days.  

Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib al-Imam Ali announced they would place their brigades under state authority; Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba refused, with Kataib Hezbollah professing support while insisting on keeping its drones and missiles. The same fault line runs through the half-empty cabinet, where the security ministries remain contested precisely because they decide who commands the men with guns.  

Driving all of it is outside pressure, Washington's envoy Tom Barrack, the frozen dollar transfers, and a September 30 deadline after which unlicensed weapons are to face legal action.

 The word both camps reach for is sovereignty, though they mean opposite things by it: for the state-first parties it describes a government monopoly on force, and for the resistance factions it describes defiance of American power.  

The timing sharpens everything. A year after the war that left Iran badly weakened and stripped of its allies in Syria and Lebanon, Tehran now leans on Iraq as its most dependable partner, exactly as Baghdad is being pushed to disarm the groups that anchor that relationship.  

Abbas Ghadir al-Jubouri, a researcher on Iraqi political affairs, argues that what looks like erosion is political repositioning rather than retreat, and that the Framework remains the government's sponsor with al-Zaidi its chosen product.

On the matter of form, he is right; nothing on the horizon is poised to unseat the alliance. Numan's reading runs deeper and darker: the Framework stands at its weakest and still rules, held up less by its own strength than by the absence of any figure able to unify the Shiite house, offering what he calls protocol cover in place of real political cover. Both descriptions hold at once.

The Framework is not going to dissolve, and it is not going to be replaced. What is draining out of it is substance.  

The September 30 deadline puts to the alliance the question its whole design was meant to avoid. A coalition assembled to share power can absorb almost any disagreement that money and offices are able to settle.  

Whether it can survive being asked to surrender the weapons that make some of its members powerful in the first place is the test it has spent four years avoiding, and the one it can no longer postpone.  

Written and edited by Shafaq News staff.    

https://www.shafaq.com/en/Report/Iraq-s-Coordination-Framework-is-weakening-but-no-rival-is-ready-to-replace-it

Chief Justice Faiq Zaidan: There Is No Legal Basis For Any Settlement With Corrupt Individuals, And The Judiciary Deals With Corruption Cases According To The Law

latest news Tuesday, August 11, 2026   Baghdad - One News - 8/11/2026   The head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, confirmed that there is no legal basis for settlement agreements with those accused in corruption cases, stressing that the judiciary deals with corruption files in accordance with the law, and there is no decision or intention to adopt settlements with corrupt individuals.  

This came during a meeting between Zaidan and the Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, Raed Fahmi, who said in a post on his account on the “X” website that the meeting addressed a number of issues of public concern, most notably combating corruption, restricting weapons to the state, and protecting rights and freedoms.  

Fahmy explained that during the meeting he expressed his full support for the national campaign to combat corruption, and the need for it to be comprehensive, while Zidan confirmed, according to what was reported, that the judiciary is proceeding with dealing with corruption files in accordance with the approved legal frameworks.  

The meeting also addressed the issue of public freedoms, as Fahmy quoted the head of the Supreme Judicial Council as confirming that freedoms are a constitutionally guaranteed right, and that the judiciary distinguishes between exercising the right to expression and cases of insult, slander and transgression, noting that the exercise of freedoms is regulated by laws.  

Regarding the application of the Jaafari law and the problems and complications that accompany it related to the situation of women, Fahmi pointed out that Zaidan spoke about the existence of many observations with the Supreme Judicial Council in this regard, stressing that the task of the judiciary is to apply the law, not to legislate it, considering that legislation is the prerogative of the House of Representatives.  

The Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party described the meeting as important and frank, noting that it addressed a number of issues related to state-building, establishing the rule of law, and protecting rights and freedoms.    

https://1news-iq.net/ئيس-مجلس-القضاء-الأعلى-القاضي-فائق-زي-4

Seeds of Wisdom RV and Economics Updates Wednesday Morning 8-12-26

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U.S. Treasury Market Pressure: Rising Bond Yields Test the Foundation of Global Finance

Higher U.S. borrowing costs are putting renewed pressure on the world’s benchmark bond market, raising questions about debt sustainability, monetary policy and the future structure of global capital flows.

 OVERVIEW

• U.S. Treasury yields remain elevated, keeping borrowing costs high for the federal government, businesses and households while investors reassess the outlook for inflation and Federal Reserve policy.

• The pressure is significant because Treasury securities sit at the center of the global financial system, serving as a benchmark for pricing debt and as a major reserve asset for institutions and central banks worldwide.

• At the same time, foreign investors and global institutions are increasingly watching diversification, currency exposure and alternative reserve assets, adding another layer to the long-term evolution of the international financial architecture.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

1. Elevated Treasury Yields Keep Debt Costs in Focus

Higher yields mean the U.S. government must pay more to finance newly issued debt and refinance maturing obligations.

The immediate issue is not a sudden crisis, but the long-term compounding effect of higher interest costs as federal borrowing remains substantial.

2. The Treasury Market Remains the Global Benchmark

Treasury securities influence borrowing costs far beyond Washington.

Mortgage rates, corporate bonds, bank financing and sovereign borrowing are all affected by movements in U.S. government bond yields. Stress in the Treasury market can therefore transmit through multiple layers of the global financial system.

3. The Federal Reserve Faces a Difficult Policy Balance

Persistent inflation can limit the Federal Reserve's ability to reduce interest rates, while maintaining restrictive policy for longer can increase pressure on economic growth and financial markets.

Investors are therefore watching inflation data, employment conditions and Fed communications for clues about the future direction of monetary policy.

4. Global Investors Are Watching U.S. Debt Exposure

The Treasury market remains extraordinarily important to global investors, but the combination of high U.S. debt levels, elevated yields and currency considerations has encouraged institutions to examine portfolio diversification and alternative stores of value.

That does not mean the dollar or Treasury market is being replaced. It does mean that the structure of global reserves and capital allocation is receiving greater scrutiny.

5. The Longer-Term Question Is Financial-System Resilience

The most important issue is whether the global financial system can continue absorbing large amounts of government debt while maintaining relatively stable borrowing costs.

If elevated yields persist, governments may face greater pressure to control deficits, manage debt issuance and reconsider the cost of maintaining increasingly large debt burdens.

 WHY IT MATTERS

The Treasury market is not simply another financial market. It is one of the foundations upon which modern global finance is built.

Higher yields increase the cost of capital throughout the economy and can affect government budgets, corporate investment, mortgages, currencies and asset valuations.

For policymakers, the challenge is balancing debt financing, economic growth and inflation control without creating additional instability in the world's most important bond market.

For the global system, sustained pressure could accelerate discussions about reserve diversification, alternative payment networks and changes in the way international capital is allocated.

WHY IT MATTERS TO FOREIGN CURRENCY HOLDERS

• Currency value: Changes in Treasury yields can influence international capital flows and the relative attractiveness of dollar-denominated assets.

• Purchasing power: Persistent inflation and higher interest costs can affect the purchasing power of currencies and the economic policies used to defend them.

• Capital flows: Investors may move capital between dollars, foreign currencies, bonds, commodities and other assets as interest-rate expectations change.

• Exchange-rate impact: A stronger or weaker dollar can materially change the value of foreign currencies when measured against the U.S. dollar.

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL RESET

• Pillar 1: Debt

The most direct impact is on global debt sustainability. Higher U.S. Treasury yields raise the cost of financing the world's largest sovereign debt market and can increase borrowing costs elsewhere.

If elevated rates persist, governments may face growing pressure to restructure spending, manage deficits and reconsider how debt is financed.

• Pillar 2: Assets

Treasury-market pressure also affects the global allocation of capital. Investors and central banks continuously evaluate the balance between dollar assets, government bonds, gold and other reserves.

This does not establish that a replacement for the dollar is imminent. However, continued diversification can contribute to a more multipolar global financial architecture over time.

CONCLUSION

The significance of today's Treasury-market pressure extends beyond the daily movement of bond yields. The cost of U.S. government debt increasingly intersects with inflation, monetary policy and the decisions of investors and central banks around the world.

The Treasury market remains the core benchmark of global finance, but its growing debt burden is forcing markets to pay closer attention to the long-term cost of maintaining that position.

For the broader financial system, the important question is not whether the Treasury market suddenly fails. It is whether persistent high borrowing costs gradually encourage governments, investors and central banks to rethink how global capital is structured.

The financial system does not have to break to change — sustained pressure can be enough to reshape it.

Seeds of Wisdom Team
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SOURCES

• Reuters — "Global bond markets and rising Treasury yields"

• U.S. Department of the Treasury — "Treasury Securities and Debt Management"

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 🌱 A Message to Our Currency Holders🌱

If you’ve been holding foreign currency for many years, you were not foolish.
You were not wrong to believe the global financial system would change.

What failed was not your patience — it was the information you were given.

For years, dates, rumors, and personalities replaced facts, structure, and proof. “This week” predictions created cycles of hope and disappointment that were never based on how currencies actually change.

That is not your failure.

Our mission here is different:   • No dates • No rates • No hype • No gurus

Instead, we focus on:
• Verifiable developments • Institutional evidence
• Global financial structure • Where countries actually sit in the process

Currency value changes only come after sovereignty, trade, banking, settlement systems, and fiscal coordination are in place. History and institutions confirm this sequence.

You will see silence. You will see denials. That is not delay — that is discipline.

Protect your identity. Organize your documents.    Verify everything.
Never hand your discernment to anyone who cannot show proof.

You deserve truth — not timelines.

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Rob Cunningham: XRP Price Before Law v 2.0

Rob Cunningham: XRP Price Before Law v 2.0

8-11-2026

• XRP Price Before Law v 2.0 •

Last Friday’s major institutional question was:

“Why should we expose ourselves to digital assets before Congress tells us exactly what everything is?”

Also the “John Thune would suck in the WNBA, too” week in DC.

Today, the increasingly defensible boardroom question has become:

“Why are we refusing even to prepare for an asset class and financial architecture that the Executive Branch has expressly directed federal regulators to integrate into the traditional financial system?”

EO 14405 & EO 14406 signed on May 19, 2026, now offer a profound inversion of institutional risk, thanks to Lady Thune.

And then comes the Federal Reserve provision, too.

This may ultimately be the most strategically important part of EO 14405.

President Trump specifically requested that the Federal Reserve conduct a comprehensive review of whether uninsured depositories and non-bank financial firms – explicitly including firms (like @Ripple) engaged in digital assets and novel financial activities – can obtain direct access to Federal Reserve payment accounts and services. His EO asks the Fed to analyze legal authority, barriers, risk-management structures and options for expanding access. Where existing law permits access, it asks for transparent application procedures and decisions on complete applications within 90 days.

The institutional message is much bigger than “Trump supports crypto”

EO 14405 does something unusually important for bank boards, investment committees and general counsels: it establishes as formal policy of the United States that federal regulation should permit the integration of digital assets and innovative technology into traditional financial services and payment systems, while removing unnecessary barriers that favor incumbents.

It expressly sweeps in 11 areas:
payments
derivatives
investment management
brokerage
underwriting
capital markets
custody
fiduciary services
securities
commodities and
blockchain-based services

Think about the architectural implication.

For most of crypto’s history, the industry sat outside the monetary fortress, accessing traditional payment infrastructure through banking intermediaries.

EO 14405 asks whether portions of that wall can legally become a door.

It doesn’t grant every crypto company a master account. It does something institutionally significant nonetheless: it moves direct access by digital-financial businesses from something regulators might resist philosophically to something the Federal Reserve has been formally asked by the President to evaluate and justify structurally.

And EO 14406 provides the other half of the institutional equation

This is where the two orders operate almost like a matched pair.

EO 14405 says:

Integrate innovation. Reduce artificial barriers. Examine payment-system access.

EO 14406 says:

Do it while strengthening financial integrity, BSA compliance, customer identification and defenses against illicit finance.

The second order directs Treasury and banking regulators toward stronger risk-based customer due-diligence and customer-identification requirements, while identifying money laundering, trafficking, fraudulent identity structures and unlawful cross-border activity as priorities.

That matters enormously to boards.

Because the strongest institutional argument against digital assets was never merely “crypto is volatile.”

It was:

Regulatory risk + AML risk + reputational risk + counterparty risk + uncertain classification = don’t touch it.

The Administration’s emerging framework is effectively separating those issues:

Innovation is legitimate. Digital assets belong inside regulated finance. Access should be evaluated. Bad actors should be policed aggressively.

That is a much easier proposition for a compliance committee to defend.

Source(s):
• https://x.com/KuwlShow/status/2086963843087904930

https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/08/11/rob-cunningham-xrp-price-before-law-v-2-0/

FRANK26…8-11-26….THE LAW TO LIFT THE 000'S !!!

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Seeds of Wisdom RV and Economics Updates Tuesday Evening 8-11-26

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BRICS Payment Networks: A New Cross-Border Financial Architecture Takes Shape

BRICS nations are moving toward greater payment-system connectivity while China expands the international role of the yuan, signaling a gradual shift toward a more multipolar financial infrastructure.

 OVERVIEW

• BRICS nations are discussing ways to connect their fast-payment systems and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to make cross-border transactions faster and potentially less expensive.

• China is simultaneously advancing the international use of the yuan in trade and investment, adding another layer to the development of alternative financial channels.

• The developments do not establish a replacement for the U.S. dollar, but they do show major emerging economies building greater flexibility into the infrastructure used for international payments and trade.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

1. BRICS Discusses Connecting National Payment Systems

Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said BRICS nations are discussing linking their fast-payment systems and CBDCs as part of efforts to improve cross-border payments.

The discussions are still in an early stage, but the fact that CBDC connectivity is being considered at the BRICS level represents a significant step toward greater interoperability between national financial systems.

2. Lower-Cost Cross-Border Payments Are a Central Objective

The goal is not simply to create another payment network. BRICS officials are examining whether existing national systems can be connected to reduce transaction costs and improve the efficiency of international payments.

For businesses engaged in cross-border trade, faster settlement and lower transaction costs could eventually make local-currency transactions more practical.

3. China Pushes for Greater International Use of the Yuan

China's central bank has separately committed to broadening the international use of the yuan in trade and investment as part of its five-year financial strategy.

The policy reinforces China's effort to increase the currency's role in international commerce while maintaining a stable yuan exchange rate and continuing to open parts of its financial system.

4. The Evidence Points to Infrastructure Diversification

The developments should not be interpreted as proof that BRICS is creating a new currency to replace the dollar.

The more measurable shift is occurring underneath the currency question: countries are developing additional payment rails, digital currencies and settlement mechanisms that could allow international transactions to move through a wider range of systems.

 5. A More Multipolar Payment System Is Emerging

The BRICS discussions are part of a broader global movement toward interoperable digital financial infrastructure.

If these systems eventually move from discussions and pilots into large-scale operation, the global financial system could become more diversified, with multiple interconnected payment networks operating alongside the established dollar-based infrastructure.

WHY IT MATTERS

For the global economy, cheaper and faster cross-border payments could reduce friction in international trade and make transactions between emerging-market economies more efficient.

For financial markets, greater use of local currencies and alternative settlement channels could gradually influence currency demand and capital flows.

For central banks and policymakers, the development raises an increasingly important question: who will establish the standards and infrastructure through which international money moves in the next generation of global finance?

The significance is therefore larger than any single BRICS payment initiative. The underlying competition is increasingly about financial infrastructure, interoperability and settlement technology.

WHY IT MATTERS TO FOREIGN CURRENCY HOLDERS

• Currency value: Greater international use of BRICS currencies could eventually create additional sources of demand for currencies used in cross-border trade.

• Purchasing power: More efficient settlement could reduce some costs associated with international transactions and currency conversion.

• Capital flows: If more international trade is settled directly in local currencies, capital flows could gradually become more diversified across currencies.

• Exchange rates: Increased international use of currencies such as the yuan and rupee could influence long-term currency demand, although the ultimate impact remains uncertain.

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL RESET

• Pillar 1: Trade

The most immediate structural effect is on international trade settlement. Connecting fast-payment systems could make cross-border transactions more efficient and provide businesses with additional settlement options.

Over time, greater interoperability could reduce some of the friction associated with traditional correspondent-banking channels and make local-currency trade more practical between participating economies.

• Pillar 2: Technology

The deeper structural shift is the development of digital financial infrastructure connecting national payment systems and CBDCs.

If these systems become interoperable at scale, the technology supporting international finance could become more decentralized across multiple national and regional networks rather than relying predominantly on established financial infrastructure.

CONCLUSION

BRICS is not demonstrating that the U.S. dollar is being replaced. What the evidence does show is more gradual and potentially more important: major emerging economies are building additional ways for money to move across borders.

The combination of BRICS payment-system discussions, potential CBDC connectivity and China's effort to expand the international use of the yuan points toward greater diversification of global financial infrastructure.

This transition will not happen overnight, and significant technical, regulatory and political obstacles remain. But the direction is becoming increasingly visible.

The global financial system may not be replacing the existing architecture—it is building additional rails alongside it, and those rails could reshape how international money moves.

Seeds of Wisdom Team
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SOURCES

• Reuters — "BRICS nations discuss linking payment systems and CBDCs, RBI chief says"

• Reuters — "China's central bank vows to expand yuan's international use in five-year plan"

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Iraq Economic News and Points To Ponder Tuesday Evening 8-11-26

Baghdad To Host Arab Small And Medium Enterprises Summit In October

Money and business   Economy News — Baghdad  The fourth edition of the Arab Summit for Small and Medium Enterprises for the year 2026, under the patronage of Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi, will be launched in Baghdad for the period from 18 to 20 October.

The spokesman for the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and Chairman of the Media Committee of the conference, Haider Majeed, said that "the work of the conference is organized by ESCWA in partnership with the Ministry of Planning, and with the participation of a wide range of ministries, government institutions, the private sector, financial and banking institutions, universities, entrepreneurs, startups, international and regional organizations, experts and specialists in the fields of economic development and entrepreneurship."

He added that "the conference comes as an embodiment of the government's directions in supporting the national economy, enhancing the role of the private sector, and empowering small and medium enterprises as one of the most important engines of sustainable development, by providing a national platform to exchange experiences, review successful experiences and discuss policies and programs to develop the entrepreneurship system and improve the business environment in Iraq."

He pointed out that "the partnership with regional and international organizations embodies the importance of cooperation with specialized international organizations, and benefit from their technical and advisory expertise in supporting development policies and strengthening the capabilities of national institutions, in line with international best practices and sustainable development goals."

He added that the conference will contribute to the development of practical recommendations that support the development of policies for small and medium enterprises, expand financing and investment opportunities, stimulate innovation, create new job opportunities, and strengthen partnership between the public and private sectors, thus contributing to the diversification of the national economy and raising the contribution of entrepreneurial projects to achieve sustainable economic growth

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EIA: US Crude Imports From Iraq Fall To Zero

2026-08-11 Shafaq News- Washington   US crude oil imports from Iraq fell to zero in the latest four-week average, down from 45,000 barrels per day in the preceding period, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The drop extends a sharp decline in Iraqi crude shipments to the United States. EIA weekly data showed no imports from Iraq in the weeks ending July 3, July 10, and July 17, after shipments had already fallen to zero in two weeks of June.

Iraq, OPEC's second largest producer, ranked seventh among the United States' top 10 crude oil suppliers based on 2024 volumes, according to the EIA's weekly import table. The United States imported an average of about 179,000 barrels per day of Iraqi crude in 2025, compared with 198,000 bpd in 2024 and 213,000 bpd in 2023.

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Non-Oil Weakness Clouds Iraq Economy Despite 10% Money Growth

2026-08-11 Shafaq News- Baghdad   Iraq’s money supply has risen by nearly 10% since the start of the year while inflation has remained around 3%, a combination that could signal weaker non-oil activity or increased cash hoarding, economist Manar Al-Obaidi warned on Tuesday.

Under stable money velocity and output growth, a larger money supply would normally put upward pressure on prices. Al-Obaidi argued that the absence of such an increase points to two possible explanations: a marked slowdown in non-oil GDP or weaker circulation of money through the economy.

Read more: Iraq turns to bank borrowing to cover August salaries amid oil-revenue collapse

A non-oil slowdown, he warned, would directly hit private-sector employment. Trade, which is Iraq’s “third-largest contributor to GDP after oil and the government sector,” has also been pressured by the ASYCUDA customs system, higher tariffs and transport and shipping problems.

As an indicator of weaker commercial activity, Al-Obaidi cited a 41% year-on-year decline in Central Bank of Iraq sales, acknowledging that precise data measuring the fall in company activity and demand for jobs remain unavailable.

The second possibility is increased cash hoarding, driven by market concerns over government liquidity and leaving a larger share of issued money outside active circulation.

Al-Obaidi called for urgent stimulus for the commercial and industrial sectors through easier business procedures and tax and customs exemptions, arguing that low inflation should be maintained without constraining private-sector growth and job creation.

Iraq is also facing a liquidity squeeze, with the government moving to borrow more than 3 trillion dinars (about $2.3B) from local private banks to cover August salaries. Government spokesman Haidar Al-Aboudi put monthly state spending needs at about 10.8 trillion dinars (around $8.2B), against oil revenues of roughly 2.5 trillion dinars (nearly $1.9B), while economist Ahmed Eid warned that heavier public borrowing could restrict credit to private businesses and further slow economic activity.

Read more: 2026 budget: Iraq confronts unprecedented fiscal strain

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USD/ IQD Exchange Rates Climb In Baghdad, Erbil

2026-08-11  Shafaq News- Baghdad/ Erbil   The US dollar closed Tuesday’s trading higher in Baghdad and Erbil, hovering around 154,000 dinars per 100 dollars.

According to Shafaq News market survey, the dollar traded in Baghdad’s Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya central exchanges at 153,750 dinars per 100 dollars, up from 153,250 dinars in morning trading.

In the Iraqi capital, exchange shops sold the dollar at 154,250 dinars and bought it at 153,250 dinars, while in Erbil, selling prices stood at 153,450 dinars and buying prices at 153,400 dinars.

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Gold Rises In Baghdad, Stabilizes In Erbil

2026-08-11 Shafaq News- Baghdad/ Erbil   Gold prices rose in Baghdad on Tuesday, with 21-carat foreign gold reaching 948,000 Iraqi dinars per mithqal, up 8,000 dinars from Monday, while prices in Erbil held steady.

According to Shafaq News market survey, wholesale markets on Baghdad’s Al-Nahr Street priced 21-carat Gulf, Turkish, and European gold at 948,000 dinars per mithqal for sale and 944,000 dinars for purchase. The selling price stood at 940,000 dinars on Monday.

Iraqi 21-carat gold was quoted at 918,000 dinars per mithqal for sale and 914,000 dinars for purchase.

At Baghdad jewelry shops, retail prices for 21-carat Gulf gold ranged between 950,000 and 960,000 dinars per mithqal, while Iraqi gold traded between 920,000 and 930,000 dinars.

In Erbil, gold prices were unchanged, with 22-carat gold selling at 978,000 dinars per mithqal, 21-carat at 935,000 dinars, and 18-carat at 800,000 dinars.

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