BRICS Made a Crushing Blow to the US Economy
BRICS Made a Crushing Blow to the US Economy
Tech Revolution: 7-15-2025
For over a century, American banks have been the undisputed architects and arbiters of global finance. They’ve sat at the center, clearing trades, processing capital flows, and – crucially – writing the rules.
But a seismic shift is underway, one that threatens to fundamentally redraw the global economic map and deliver what many are calling a “crushing blow” to US financial hegemony.
On July 3rd, the BRICS alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) officially unveiled a new international finance platform designed to decouple developing economies from their reliance on the US dollar and Western financial institutions.
At its core are two groundbreaking initiatives: a global guarantee mechanism administered by the New Development Bank (NDB) and a real-time, multi-currency payment system dubbed BRICS Pay.
The New Development Bank’s new global guarantee mechanism is a direct challenge to the established order. Designed to underwrite loans and investment projects, this mechanism allows deals to proceed without relying on U.S. dollars, U.S. ratings agencies, or U.S.-based institutions like the IMF or World Bank.
In practical terms, this means that major infrastructure, energy, and logistics projects between BRICS countries and their partners can now be executed without ever touching the Western banking system.
The system utilizes local currencies, is backed by multilateral reserves, and has already been successfully applied to at least five cross-border projects in transport and raw materials, according to senior NDB officials.
Traditionally, large international deals involving developing nations required some level of approval or financial support from U.S.-aligned institutions or private insurers clearing deals through financial hubs like New York or London.
The BRICS model eradicates this dependency. For instance, if a Brazilian company seeks to finance a port construction in Egypt, the deal can now be denominated in Brazilian reais and Egyptian pounds, backed by the NDB, with absolutely no role for U.S. banks or intermediaries.
This initiative directly weakens a core pillar of American financial leverage: the indispensable role of U.S. banks as default channels for global capital movement.
In parallel with the Guarantee Fund, BRICS states are actively testing BRICS Pay, a revolutionary real-time, multi-currency payment system built on blockchain infrastructure
. This system is designed to facilitate direct payments between the national banks of China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa, with Egypt and the UAE expected to join later this year.
Unlike SWIFT, which routes messages and transactions through Western-controlled nodes, BRICS Pay is entirely independent of U.S. or European infrastructure.
This independence is not theoretical; the system has already facilitated small-scale tests in bilateral trade between Russia and China.
In 2024 alone, Russia and China processed over $100 billion in non-dollar trade using local currency accounts, demonstrating the viability of this model. BRICS Pay scales that success, offering countries a new way to settle trade in non-dollar currencies without relying on U.S. clearinghouses or correspondent banks.
For U.S. financial institutions that profit immensely from transaction fees, dollar clearing, and settlement services, BRICS Pay represents a clear and present threat to their long-term global exposure and influence.
Together, these initiatives form a formidable two-pronged assault on the existing financial world order.
The BRICS alliance is not merely making a symbolic statement; they are building a parallel financial architecture designed to fundamentally reshape global capital flows. This shift isn’t about minor adjustments; it’s a structural reorientation of the global economy away from its longstanding dependence on the US dollar and Western financial institutions.
The implications for the U.S. economy are profound. As more nations adopt these alternative systems, the demand for dollar liquidity could diminish, impacting everything from interest rates to the financing of US debt.
The era of undisputed American financial hegemony, even under the watch of administrations past and present, is being openly challenged.