THE GLOBAL CURRENCY RESET: Things That Must Happen FIRST

THE GLOBAL CURRENCY RESET: Things That Must Happen FIRST

Liberty Crusade Official:  8-8-2026

The modern financial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. From persistent inflation and record-breaking national debt to shifting geopolitical alliances and technological disruptions, the global economy appears to be at a critical turning point.

In a featured commentary from Liberty Crusade Official, analyst Larry Ballard offers an expansive breakdown of these interconnected macroeconomic trends, proposing that seemingly isolated financial challenges are actually part of a synchronized global currency reset designed to reshape the international monetary framework.

A central theme of Ballard’s analysis is that today’s major economic issues cannot be evaluated in a vacuum. Interest rates, sovereign debt levels, currency valuation fluctuations, and precious metal prices are all deeply intertwined components of a broader system.

For decades, the global monetary architecture has relied heavily on fiat currencies—money not backed by physical commodities—which has driven unprecedented levels of public and private debt.

Ballard argues that this reliance on expanding debt is fundamentally unsustainable. As major central banks struggle to manage interest rates without triggering broader economic disruptions, the limitations of the current fiat system become increasingly obvious.

Understanding these dynamics requires looking beyond daily market fluctuations and viewing the global financial system as a complex, highly managed macro-environment undergoing a necessary structural realignment.

As faith in paper currencies faces challenges, tangible assets have returned to the forefront of financial discussion. While gold has traditionally served as the primary safe-haven asset for nations and central banks, Ballard places a unique emphasis on the strategic value of silver.

Beyond its historic role as money, silver is a vital industrial component in modern electronics, medical devices, and manufacturing. The analysis suggests that establishing robust national reserves of precious metals like silver could play a pivotal role in backing future monetary models.

By reintroducing real, tangible value into the reserve system, economies can build a stronger defense against currency devaluation and hyperinflationary pressures.

The shift away from legacy banking mechanics is not merely about returning to historical assets; it also involves adopting advanced technology. The presentation highlights the critical role of next-generation financial infrastructure, specifically referencing digital asset technology and the XRP ledger.

As international commerce demands faster, lower-cost, and more secure cross-border settlement mechanisms, legacy systems like SWIFT are facing pressure to modernize.

Decentralized and enterprise-grade blockchain solutions offer a potential framework for a frictionless global ledger. In this emerging paradigm, digital assets facilitate instant liquidity and asset transfer, serving as the technological backbone for a restructured international financial system.

Ballard’s commentary extends into the realm of trade policy and industrial strategy, pointing toward Donald Trump’s economic policies as a framework designed to navigate these systemic shifts. Key to this strategy is the revitalisation of national manufacturing through targeted tariffs and trade rebalances. By encouraging domestic production and reducing reliance on fragile global supply chains, nations can establish greater economic self-reliance.

Additionally, the presentation offers a critical view of current “green energy” initiatives, arguing that rapid mandates often overlook industrial realities and energy grid stability. True economic sustainability, according to the analysis, requires affordable, reliable energy access to power advanced manufacturing and sustain long-term prosperity. Re-evaluating these initiatives is presented as a necessary step toward eliminating systemic inefficiencies and preventing economic stagnation.

Ultimately, the analysis framed by Larry Ballard presents a strategic blueprint aimed at avoiding systemic economic collapse. By addressing national debt, transitioning toward asset-backed monetary stability, leveraging efficient blockchain technology, and prioritizing domestic production, nations can move away from debt-driven models toward sustainable growth.

While the transition to a reset financial framework involves navigating significant volatility, it also opens the door for historic economic restructuring and long-term stability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg_IfWi88Ws

News, Rumors and Opinions Sunday 8-9-2026

KTFA:

Clare:  Apple Pay Coming Soon to Iraq as Digital Payments Expand

Credit Bank of Iraq says Apple Pay will soon be available in Iraq, adding an international digital-payment option as the country modernizes its banking sector.

ERBIL

- Apple Pay will soon be available in Iraq, Credit Bank of Iraq announced Friday via its website, opening the prospect of contactless payments through compatible Apple devices as the country's financial sector moves toward wider use of digital banking services.

The announcement means customers will be able to register eligible NBK cards on Apple devices and use them for electronic purchases where Apple Pay is supported. Credit Bank of Iraq, an Iraqi subsidiary of National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), operates branches in Baghdad, Basra and Erbil.

NBK already offers Apple Pay in markets including Kuwait and Bahrain.

The bank did not provide a specific launch date or details on participating cards, merchants, fees or transaction limits, so the announcement should not be understood as confirmation that Apple Pay is already operational nationwide.

Apple Pay Comes to Iraq

For Iraqi consumers, the planned introduction would bring an internationally established digital-payment platform into the country's increasingly evolving electronic payments environment.

The development also places Credit Bank of Iraq, which is majority-owned by NBK, at the center of a shift toward payment services that rely less on physical cash and more on digital transactions.

The announcement itself, however, does not establish a direct connection between Apple Pay and the broader U.S.-backed banking reform process.

Instead, the two developments illustrate different aspects of Iraq's financial modernization: the expansion of digital services for consumers and efforts to strengthen the regulatory and institutional foundations of the banking system.

Banking Reform Underway

The broader banking sector is undergoing a lengthy reform process led by the Central Bank of Iraq, with compliance, governance and transparency becoming increasingly important to international financial relationships.

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence said in July that Iraqi banks could become eligible for reintegration into non-U.S.-dollar correspondent banking channels after completing the first phase of the Central Bank's reform program and meeting required compliance and governance standards.

Treasury said banks seeking eventual access to U.S.-dollar transactions would face additional requirements, including a satisfactory third-party compliance audit, a qualified institutional investor and international "fit and proper" standards.

The reforms are intended to improve the integrity and international connectivity of Iraq's banking sector, according to Treasury. They also reflect concerns that have prompted U.S. action against individual Iraqi banks and financial executives.

Why Some Iraqi Banks Faced U.S. Restrictions

The U.S. measures have targeted specific institutions and individuals that Washington says were involved in money laundering, sanctions evasion or financing Iran-aligned armed groups, rather than imposing a blanket restriction on Iraq's banking sector.

In January 2024, the U.S. Treasury identified Al-Huda Bank as a "primary money laundering concern," alleging that the institution had been used by Iran and its proxy groups to move funds and support terrorist organizations. Treasury said the bank's activities could divert resources away from legitimate Iraqi commerce and undermine the country's financial system.

Treasury has also accused Iraqi banking executives of using their positions to generate revenue and launder money for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force and Iran-aligned Iraqi militias, including Kata'ib Hizballah and Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq.

In 2025, Treasury said those individuals had exploited several Iraqi commercial banks for such purposes.

The concerns have a longer history. In an earlier case, Treasury said Al-Bilad Islamic Bank had been used to facilitate the movement of funds from Iran's Quds Force to Hezbollah, resulting in U.S. sanctions against the bank and its chairman.

Reuters has likewise reported that U.S. and Iraqi authorities have restricted a number of Iraqi banks from conducting U.S.-dollar transactions amid efforts to combat money laundering, dollar smuggling and sanctions evasion, while those institutions remain able to operate in other currencies.

US-Iraq Financial Cooperation

Against that backdrop, Washington has increasingly linked access to international financial channels with stronger banking controls.

The Treasury said in July that its cooperation with Baghdad is aimed at improving transparency and integrity while combating money laundering and illicit finance.

It also said that banks authorized to conduct international-currency transactions would have an opportunity to establish correspondent relationships with international financial institutions after meeting the required standards.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made the broader relationship explicit during his July 16 meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi, reaffirming U.S. cooperation with Baghdad and the Central Bank of Iraq to combat illicit finance and strengthen the country's financial sector.

The planned arrival of Apple Pay is separate from those regulatory measures, but it comes at a time when Iraq's banking system is seeking greater integration with modern digital and international financial infrastructure.

For consumers, the immediate significance is straightforward: a major global digital-payment service is preparing to enter the Iraqi market.

For the banking sector, the announcement comes amid a broader effort to build institutions capable of supporting more secure, transparent and internationally connected financial services. LINK

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Bruce   [via WiserNow]  One of our contacts, one of our sources, came out and said Saturday, Sunday, and added Monday as a possibility.  I really wanted want you guys to get the feeling that we are close, that we could be there this weekend...Saturday, Sunday...Monday has been added as a possibility, and it could be we get notified over the weekend. 

Stephen If Iraq ever moved to a stronger exchange rate, which all the signs are pointing to, the average Iraqi citizens would likely benefit through greater purchasing power, lower cost of imported goods, more stable currency.  That doesn't mean all citizens in Iraq becomes millionaires overnight. Foreign investors by contrast would experience a large capital gain because they acquired the currency before the appreciation of that currency.  That's what it comes down to.

Jeff   Most news is about unpaid salaries and what they're going to do to work towards resolving that. But I want you to realize brokers are also coming out telling us they can't get currency hardly anymore.  They're struggling.  It's a lot harder.  It's going to take them a lot longer.  This is all suggestive the rate change is extremely close and might be happening this month of August.  We have to see the cabinet completed and the government formed first.

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Iraq Dinar, Clarity Act & New $100 Bill Update!

Jon Dowling & Chris Real World

The latest weekly report from Jon Dowling offers a deep dive into several critical sectors, ranging from the legislative halls of Baghdad to the high-tech banking corridors of the United States.

This update provides a comprehensive look at the intersection of traditional fiat systems, emerging digital assets, and the macroeconomic pressures currently shaping our financial future.

https://youtu.be/byxNI_QSQqg?si=Ojm12B4XqRkR4Ltv

Ariel: The Sovereign Currency Exemption

Ariel: The Sovereign Currency Exemption

8-8-2026

Why POTUS Is Unbothered About The Clarity Act:

1.4B crypto holdings creating an ethics conflict that stalls the bill. Let them. While the Deepstate blocks the Clarity Act to “protect” the system from his wallet, they are accidentally freezing the Cabal’s off-ramps.

If Trump pushed the bill hard, the Senate would just water it down with centralized carve-outs. By letting Thune stall, Trump forces the SEC to keep its enforcement posture.

The SEC’s existing securities framework is stricter and has zero Congressional loopholes. Trump is using Democratic obstruction to get a harder regulatory framework than legislation would ever allow.

We Are Giving Congress Way Too Much Credit

Trump learned from his first term that rushing legislation gives the Deepstate time to embed sabotage. He is letting them exhaust their resources fighting a legislative battle that is already obsolete.

The Clarity Act is the public-facing door; the SEC enforcement and the sovereign digital rail (Iraq/Apple) are the back window. The Cabal is guarding the door while the actual reset climbs through the window.

We Mentioned This Earlier:

SEC would be way more strict on crypto regulation. Warren’s “not industry-written” line is pure D.C. extraction theater. She isn’t protecting consumers; she is protecting the bribery pipeline. When politicians write the rules, they write the escape hatches for themselves.

“Industry-written” in Warren’s lexicon means code written by developers that is mathematically absolute, permissionless, and immune to political carve-outs. She hates that.

• She can’t bribe a smart contract.

• She can’t lobby a blockchain.

• She can’t filibuster favoritism from Wall Street.

Politicians writing rules guarantees the Cabal retains the master keys to the financial system.

Warren’s push for “strict infrastructure rules” is a smokescreen for centralized control. She wants the SEC to act as the gatekeeper so her donors in the legacy banking sector can extract rent on every digital transaction.

Strict rules don’t hurt BlackRock; they hurt decentralized competitors who can’t afford the compliance overhead. Warren is lobbying to price out the competition under the banner of consumer protection. It is pure, uncut rent-seeking.

CoinTelegraph:INSIGHT: Senator Elizabeth Warren says the U.S. needs crypto legislation, but not legislation "written by the crypto industry to protect and advance the crypto industry."

The Sovereign Currency Exemption:

You All Need To Understand This One Thing

The Clarity Act regulates digital assets, securities, and tokens. The Iraqi Dinar is a sovereign foreign currency. When Iraq drops the three zeros and pegs the new tokenized dinar to their gold, it enters the global market as a foreign exchange instrument, not a crypto security. Forex operations fall under Treasury and CFTC jurisdiction, not the SEC.

The Clarity Act could die tomorrow and the IQD RV still executes flawlessly. Trump isn’t pushing the Act because he doesn’t need it to cash out the currency reset specifically the Iraqi Dinar.

This Will Not Get Any Clearer Than This

Iraq is not panicking.

The SEC is not panicking.

The president is not panicking.

You are the ones that are losing your wits. Understand what the Clarity Act is and what it is not. You are already in prime position to take advantage of what is going to occur. You already know the conditions POTUS set forth for complete US Troop removal out of Iraq. None of that has changed. This is why you are watching Iraq take continuous steps to resolve their liquidity crisis.

Majeed KSA:MP Saad al-Awadi proposed launching a central bank-issued digital Iraqi dinar to deposit salaries into electronic wallets, resolving Iraq’s cash liquidity crisis and ensuring timely payments without reliance on physical currency.

Read full post here:  https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/08/08/prolotario-the-sovereign-currency-exemption/

News, Rumors and Opinions Saturday 8-8-2026

Ross: October will be a Big Month for Iraq

8-8-2026

Iraq’s authorities ordered all security posts to intensify vehicle inspections nationwide and take legal action against any driver transporting prohibited items.

This includes civilian and military/security vehicles. No exceptions. The order came less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi (as Commander-in-Chief) raised the nationwide alert level, combat readiness, and canceled leave for commanders and unit leaders.

Stability + state monopoly on force creates the foundation for the revaluation of IQD:

• Foreign investment does not flow into a country where parallel armies can still move weapons at will.

• Banking and fiscal reforms, budget discipline, and any serious currency work require the central government to actually control the territory and the institutions.

• HCL / oil law progress, Kurdistan deals, and long-term reserves management all get easier when the state is visibly asserting control rather than negotiating with factions.

• International perception shifts when Baghdad is seen enforcing its own red lines instead of issuing statements.

This fits the pattern since he took office in May:

• Reviving real Commander-in-Chief authority

• Anti-corruption “Dawn Crackdown” (arrests of political/business figures, inspections of official convoys, recovery of public funds)

• Forcing the weapons-under-state question into the open instead of kicking it down the road

• Making clear that Iraq will not be used as a launchpad against neighbors

Pay attention to what happens between now and SEPTEMBER 30th.

October will be a big month.

This meeting sits in a clear sequence of activity under the same leadership and converging quickly toward the September 30th deadline which I predict lines October up to be a big month for IQD.

• Late July: Ministry of Finance announced formation of a national digital transformation team for public finance automation, aligned with the government’s financial/administrative reform program and international standards.

• July 27: Same Undersecretary reviewed stages of the TSA platform development — building a digital system for government bank accounts with real-time cash flow visibility.

• August 5: Ali Karim met a World Bank team (led by Emmanuel Salinas) and formally started work on the executive digital transformation roadmap for MoF, including assessment of the current institutional reality, priorities, timelines, and performance indicators.

• Today: Follow-up execution meeting on the concrete systems (IFMIS + TSA + tax/customs).

The fact that the same senior official is driving the national team, the World Bank roadmap, the TSA platform, and today’s prioritization meeting shows focused attention rather than box-checking.

Keep watching implementation metrics and the speed at which these systems actually go live.

I predict between now and September 30th.

AnnaMarieF:Ministry of Finance: In confirmation of institutional reform efforts, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Ali Karim Hussein, chaired a meeting of the Digital Transformation Team to follow up on the automation of public finance, and to discuss the priorities of (IFMIS) projects and the Unified Treasury Account (TSA), as well as the automation of taxes and customs to enhance transparency and efficiency.

Starlink didn’t just appear in Iraq overnight.

The groundwork had been in motion for months.

But the new government flipped the switch — license signed July 17, live service by July 29.

Under two weeks.

That’s why the CMC is already warning the public: there are still no official agents, and anyone claiming to be one is a scammer.

Demand outran the regulated channels.

The sense of urgency to get the Iraqi population online is a clue to the work being done behind the scenes that will set IQD up for revaluation.

Read full post here:  https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/08/08/ross-october-will-be-a-big-month-for-iraq/

Courtesy of Dinar Guru:  https://www.dinarguru.com/

Frank26  There's only one option for the monetary reform of the Iraqi dinar, raise the value of the exchange rate and add value to it...

Jeff  We saw two articles that said the completed formed government is what allows Iraq to enact the major reforms...A completed government is going to happen very close to the timing of the rate change...I personally think once they complete the cabinet, they'll change the rate within days of that.  They'll be very close to each other.

Reset Intelligence  Back in April, Washington blocked its cash shipments to Iraq to force Baghdad's hand on the militias. This week the plane was reloaded with $500 million. Nobody freezes half a billion dollars as punishment and then quietly releases unless they got what they want.Somewhere between April and August, Baghdad did the thing Washington asked of them.  Meanwhile the salaries are late, parliament is being dragged in on its day off, the street dollar is at its widest gap in weeks, and the US Senate is headed for an extra long weekend. ICYMI, Nixon closed the gold window on a Sunday night. 55 years ago. Keep one eye open on this weekend.

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BRICS Nations Developing Alternative Gold and Silver Markets - The Freedom Report

Kinesis Money: 

In this episode of The Freedom Report, Rob Kientz explores how BRICS nations are building alternative gold and silver markets designed to challenge the long-dominant Western duopoly of Comex and the LBMA.

Across two back-to-back presentations, he walks through the new Hong Kong gold gateway, Singapore's physically-settled exchanges, Russia's expanding Moscow Exchange and the BRICS gold-backed settlement network known as "the Unit".

Rob then turns to silver, arguing its recent sell-off is a mid-cycle lull rather than the end of the run.

He points to China's grip on refining, its shift to net importer, and silver's critical-mineral status — and what the West-to-East shift could mean for anyone holding gold and silver.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTYIhtk2-Ck

Ariel: Iraq Only has Two Options

Ariel: Iraq Only has Two Options

8-8-2026

The Forex Payback: Apple Rails, CBI Gold, and the End of the Iraq Occupation Ledger (Sept 30th Recoup?)

Iraq is going through financial crisis … no financial liquidity available for them.

They Only Have Two Options

• Use the cash reserve held in foreign countries to support the currency value or use the gold in CBI as collateral in order to get a loan to pay salaries, which is by itself is a huge risk losing it if they couldn’t pay back the loan

• Iraq can keep the gold at the central bank and back up the currency with it… and issue new notes without three zeros

From Majeed: – Yesterday, Iraq news channels saying the central Bank of Iraq opened a file they didn’t wanna open for a long time which is changing your exchange rate to solve the financial crisis. And now the CBI is discussing implementing it.

• The USA shipped $500 million to Iraq and they told them the amount is for traveling purposes, meaning anyone wanna travel out of Iraq they have to exchange their currency with dollars in order to leave the country. So the $500 million was not for salaries. The salary crisis need the rate to be changed.

• The minister of finance in Iraq will be meeting with the parliament tomorrow, Saturday to see why the country is bankrupt.

The CBI Gold Asset Backing vs. Collateral Loan

Iraq’s liquidity crisis has forced the CBI to open the exchange rate file because the alternatives are systemic s*****e. Pledging the 33 trillion dinars worth of gold as loan collateral risks losing the sovereign reserve to IMF/Cabal debt structures if Iraq defaults. It is a trap.

The second option backing the currency with the gold and issuing new notes without three zeros is the White Hat path. Deleting the zeros is a redenomination, but backing it with the physical gold at CBI transforms it into a sovereign revaluation. It recapitalizes the currency internally without Cabal debt strings. The Finance Minister’s emergency parliament session Saturday is to formalize this path. The liquidity crisis is the crisis required to justify the reset.

The September 30 Deadline

Sept 30, 2026, is the end of the U.S. fiscal year. This is the mechanical hard stop for the current budget cycle. It is not an arbitrary date; it is the operational fuse.

If Iraq executes the three-zero deletion and digital wallet rollout before Sept 30, the new exchange rate hits the global system before the U.S. has to reconcile its own FY2026 books. The U.S. Treasury’s foreign currency valuations, the Fed’s swap lines, and the IMF’s SDR baskets all have to adjust to the new Iraqi rate in the next fiscal cycle.

Furthermore, Congressional appropriations and continuing resolutions expire Sept 30. If the Clarity Act remains stalled, the SEC steps in Oct 1 under existing law. The start of FY2027 is the legal trigger for SEC enforcement. The Q4 rate cuts inject the fiat liquidity, the SEC provides the regulatory framework, and the CBI provides the asset-backed digital currency.

All timelines converge on Sept 30.

Read Full Article:
https://www.patreon.com/Prolotario1/posts/forex-payback-of-166065353

https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/08/08/prolotario-iraq-only-has-two-options/

Ross: The IQD is Well on its Way

Ross: The IQD is Well on its Way

8-7-2026

No one is talking about how big this actually is.

CBI is actively working to bring Apple, Google, and Meta into Iraq under proper licensing and payment regulation.

Those companies don’t take cash.

They don’t take .00076 dinars

So how exactly are Iraqi citizens supposed to participate in the modern digital economy?

The rails have to work.

IQD has to work.

This meeting is about more than just “regulation.”

AnnaMarieF:CBI: The Central Bank Governor discusses with the President of the Media and Communications Authority the regulation of digital payments. His Excellency the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mr. Nizar Nasser Hussein, met with the Chairman of the Executive Body of the Media and Communications Commission, Mr. Baligh Abu Kalal, to discuss mechanisms for enhancing joint cooperation in regulating digital payment services and developing the legislative and regulatory environment for the digital economy in Iraq.

Iraq is still heavily cash-based overall.

Full, clean integration of these platforms’ payment rails (Apple Pay proper, Google Pay as a real wallet, Meta payments, smooth international settlement) is not fully there yet.

That is literally what today’s meeting is about — regulating and licensing them so their systems can operate properly inside Iraq.

Cooperation between Erbil and Baghdad is absolutely critical to the HCL and consequentially the revaluation of IQD so be grateful for these headlines that are lacking even the slightest signs of confrontation.

AnnaMarieF:The Prime Minister assures the President of the Kurdistan Region of the government's commitment to addressing all pending files in accordance with the constitution and the law, in a manner that preserves Iraq's unity and sovereignty and strengthens national partnership.

Iraq has two problems:

1. Managing the liquidity emergency

2. Locking in a hard deadline on non-state arms

This is the exact environment where CBI/government pressure for rate realism, digital rails, or reserve management decisions tends to accelerate.

Salary delays create political urgency, the Sept 30 arms deadline creates a sovereignty deadline.

Both point toward the same requirement: a more coherent, investable Iraqi state that can actually collect and deploy its own resources.

IQD is a reflection of Iraq’s progress in saving itself.

Your pay day is when Iraq overcomes its challenges and finally prospers.

What I find fascinating about the lightning-speed progress toward the revaluation of IQD right now is that the moment President Trump “returned to office” in 2024 the CBI launched major banking sector reform initiatives that are now peaking in 2026 — right on schedule, at the convergence of the Iran War + crypto laws/regulation advancing.

No one can deny the “coincidence” of Iraq getting its act together all of a sudden.

Banking cleanup. Restricted banks getting cleared. Cashless mandate live. Directed lending expanding. Digital rails advancing.

Iranian influence being removed.

Crypto clarity advancing.

All of it accelerated after Trump returned and this was well before Al-Zaidi ignited a blitzkrieg of progress in Iraq.

Everything is moving on all fronts at once and no one realizes how much actually kick started behind the scenes the moment Nov 2024 struck.

Reset Intelligence:Scott B is doing the rounds again today. Wall Street now calls his playbook a 2nd Bretton Woods, and Iraq is coming off the punishment list piece by piece. Airline delisted. Hormuz route mapped. And the CBI building the licensing to put Apple and Google inside Iraq's payment rails. Nobody builds rails like that for a currency meant to stay where it is. As @Ross_ptm would say, "IQD hopium is justified right now." The man rebuilding the global monetary order is clearing Iraq's lane into it. Ep 66 connects the dots

Watch on X: https://twitter.com/i/status/2085329971963449523

And what’s even more interesting is the fact that Iraq has made so much progress in such a short time “all of a sudden” meanwhile they’re under the massive pressure of a liquidity crisis due to the process of removing Iranian influence.

I refuse to believe any of it is left to chance and that a plan was not laid out well in advance by the US Treasury to guide Iraq through this economic rebirth.

IQD is well on its way and no one can deny the ever increasing hype of hopium infused headlines bombing us investors to the point where you need MASSIVE news just to get excited right now.

Massive news is happening on an almost daily and weekly basis. Don’t take it for granted.

Security solidification with the Gulf is the baseline headline.

The real signal is investment deals between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

That’s what makes Al-Zaidi’s visit actually fruitful — a stepping stone for IQD.

The Iran War proved why IQD never could have revalued without Iraq first boosting non-oil revenues.

The Iraqi Dinar should reflect Iraq’s true wealth of resources… but what happens when they can’t sell the oil?

Imagine if the dinar had revalued before the war.

How do you defend a stronger currency when you’re still 90%+ dependent on oil revenues that just got crippled?

Now they’re in a pure sink-or-swim position.

The tools they’re reaching for say everything: tax reforms, expanding ASYCUDA customs automation at the borders to choke smuggling and leakage, selling confiscated properties, and recovering stolen public funds held abroad.

That last one hits especially clean. Recovering the stolen money brings fresh revenue into the budget and stops the ongoing bleed. But the deeper win is that the same corruption being dismantled was the Iranian influence that had been rotting Iraq’s economy from the inside. As the war continues, every recovery is also cutting those channels out.

All by design.

Funny how the Strait of Hormuz turned into the exact pressure that forced this acceleration.

No other country is about to see a greater economic makeover as the end result.

Channel8English:  Iraq's budget deficit has expanded to between 70 trillion and 80 trillion Iraqi dinars, driven by lower oil prices and a sharp decline in crude export revenues, prompting the government to suspend hundreds of development projects and accelerate measures to increase non-oil income. Read more:https://channel8.com/english/news/63094

Goran is not some random Twitter account. He speaks for the actual traders in one of the main Kurdistan currency markets. When he talks, the parallel market listens.

The dinar can strengthen meaningfully if two conditions line up:

1. Political conditions inside Iraq stabilize

2. Tension around critical trade routes (specifically the Strait of Hormuz) eases

His specific call: the parallel rate could move to 142,000–147,000 IQD per $100.

Official CBI rate remains in the low 1,300s per dollar (roughly 130–132k per $100). The gap is still wide, but a sustained move into the mid-140s would be a clear narrowing.

Channel8English:  Slemani Market Spokesperson Jabar Goran Predicts Iraqi Dinar Strengthening Speaking to Channel8, Jabar Goran, spokesperson for the Slemani currency market, stated that the Iraqi dinar could strengthen against the US dollar if political conditions in Iraq stabilize and tension surrounding vital trade routes, such as the Strait of Hormuz, eases. Key Highlights: Economic Impact: Political stability in Iraq and uninterrupted maritime trade are crucial drivers for strengthening the local currency.

Al-Zaidi is acting like a PM who intends to keep the machine running and force the political system to close the gaps rather than wait indefinitely, removing the risk of the incomplete structure becoming an excuse for drift.

The trajectory is toward completion of the cabinet rather than prolonged stagnation.

Discomfort is the key to achieving growth in life.

Iraq is VERY uncomfortable right now.

The liquidity situation is actually quite dire.

The pressure building, the clock ticking, this is how the reforms will get pushed across the finish line.

Surviving the aftermath of the Iran War will set the stage for a prosperous Iraq and consequentially the revaluation of IQD.

Gas is flowing from a major KRG field into the federal grid.

Great.

But the operators went around the KRG — the actual contracting party — and unilaterally re-routed volumes without approval.

This is exactly the contractual mess the Hydrocarbon Law is supposed to fix.

A face-saving deal that respects the existing contract while keeping the gas flowing would be bullish for IQD.

It forces HCL as the permanent solution… and HCL requires the new rate.

Read full post here:  https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/08/07/ross-the-iqd-is-well-on-its-way/

Reset Intelligence: The Man Who Broke the Pound

Reset Intelligence: The Man Who Broke the Pound

8-7-2026

The Man Who Broke the Pound

By Reset Intelligence | @EXIT_FIAT

The man who runs the US Treasury helped break the Bank of England in 1992 and beat the yen from inside the Soros fund. This week Wall Street started calling his currency moves a 2nd Bretton Woods, out loud.

And in the same news cycle, Iraq came off the punishment list piece by piece.

The man is the story

Scott Bessent’s history is not new news. He led the Soros team that broke the pound on Black Wednesday in 1992. He shorted the yen for the same firm 2 decades later. He taught economic history at Yale. And in late 2024, before he was even sworn in, he said on camera that a Bretton Woods realignment was underway and he wanted to be part of it.

What is new is that the mainstream has caught up. Bloomberg is writing about his hedge fund playbook at the Treasury. A chief market strategist published his note under the title Bretton Woods 2.0. The man told everyone the plan 2 years ago, and this week the market finally started saying it back.

What actually moved

• The yen operation – the US bought yen for the first time in over a decade, selling euros to do it, with a planned size of $5 to $10 billion visible in Bessent’s own handwriting on a Camp David notepad.

• The bond fix – Japan sold $66.7 billion of US Treasuries in May defending its currency alone. The new arrangement routes Japan through the Fed’s own repo window, so the bonds never touch the open market.

• Fly Baghdad delisted – the US Treasury removed Iraq’s carrier and 2 of its Boeing 737s from the sanctions list on August 5, while expanding sanctions on Iran’s Mahan Air the same week.

• Hormuz route mapped – Iran and Oman agreed the coordinates of a proposed shipping lane through the strait the same day, with a joint statement in final drafting.

• September 30 hardened – Iraq’s governing coalition confirmed weapons outside state authority will be prosecuted under the Anti-Terrorism Law after the deadline.

• The CBI builds rails – Iraq’s central bank met the communications regulator to build licensing for Apple, Google and Meta to operate formally inside Iraq’s payment system.

Each of those crossed the wire as a separate story. They are not separate. That is the short version. The full connection, what it means for the dinar, and the question of why this man was hired for this job at this exact moment is in today’s full briefing.

The only question history will ask is who saw it while it was actually happening.

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Bruce’s Big Call Dinar Intel Thursday Night 8-6-26

Bruce’s Big Call Dinar Intel Thursday Night 8-6-26 

Transcribed By WiserNow Emailed To Recaps   (INTEL ONLY)

Welcome everybody to the big call it is Thursday August  6th and you’re listening to the big call  thank you big call universe for tuning in again  - thanks everybody for being here and I'm kind of excited about what I want to bring tonight in my Intel segment, which I do have some good intel for us, and I'm looking forward to hearing from Sue, from Bob, and we're just on our way.

Now, what else do I want to tell you? Let's go into where we are on the intel tonight. What we're hearing is sort of what I said on Tuesday. If it didn't happen Wednesday, then we're looking at the eighth and ninth, which is Saturday, Sunday.

One of our contacts, one of our sources, came out and said Saturday, Sunday, and added Monday as a possibility. Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. Now we do know that we have contacts. We have a contact very strong in Reno that was saying that the bondholders were being paid into their accounts, had to fly in and fly out of Reno approximately three flights per hour and 15 minutes in and out of Reno to get their stuff done. These guys have been approved; they're good to go.

I think this was the last step in their process to show up one more time and set up, you know, their accounts to be funded. We understand that the funding of those accounts out of Reno has taken place, but that doesn't mean they have access to the funds yet.  It means they might see the money in their account, but they won't be able to spend it until they're given probably another email to say, "Okay, now you can spend it. Here's your access code, or whatever they need to do to get into it.

Now we have a contact that is down in Miami that is doing the same thing as of today, and that's telling me that let's say three or four days that were spent in Reno may be the same time frame to get the bondholders handled three or four days is happening starting today, but we know that the timeline for this individual is going to be. It looks like a couple of weeks. Tells me he may be there beyond the bonds to also help with the currency exchanges down in that part of Miami at the Redemption Center.

So that isn't telling us exactly what's going on, but it gives us an idea of what what's happening and what what is happening with the timeline.

The other thing is, we  know that the let's see where am I going on this? Gosh, so much of this has to do with the pickup on various aisles in the store. It's still a lot about that, and I don't have an up-to-date report until it's over on how we did in terms of the numbers.

I know some numbers. I'm not going to disclose some of the numbers, but we do believe things are still moving along nicely in that direction. But you know, it's kind of like they don't want the bad guys to get access to any exchange locations, banks, or redemption centers.

Okay, so I believe what we're talking about is trying to remove as much of the bad guys, the deep state, as they can before we get started, and to me, we know that certain things are going to be done by the weekend, and we also know That redemption center staff has been going in. For example, yesterday rates were not on the screens in the morning, but they were flashing rapidly in the afternoon.

Yesterday, today no rates on screens. Tomorrow, we don't know. We'll see. We know that Russia's currency, which is the ruble, has gone digital.

Now that means it should be on the forex, the Russian ruble. That is one of the currencies that's going to be revalued. We know that. That's one of the.

We've got 51 currencies now that are supposed to be on the redemption center screens for exchange, and of course I mentioned the  Zimbabwe dollar, which is actually redeemed as a bearer bond, and that's what we're going to do with the redemption centers.

That's why we call them redemption centers instead of banks. They're separate. Now listen, redemption centers might be connected right to a bank, or it could be a completely separate building or location that's not connected to a bank, but everyone in the United States is overseen by Wells Fargo, and they will have a representative there.

You'll have a Treasury representative there, and you'll have people that will be there to count and verify your currencies with a De La Rue machine, and then banks  have sometimes another brand of machine that they'll be using.

It wouldn't be the French word De La Rue, meaning from the street or of the street, du la rue. So that's interesting, and they're getting new machines and training bank personnel on how to do these exchanges.

Now I'm going to suggest that you go to the redemption center because, first of all, redemption centers are the only ones handling the Zimbabwe currency or bonds, as we call them, and we know that President Trump has already set up a contract rate on dinar at the redemption centers, and that's what you'll be offered, so at the Redemption Center, and the rate, like I said, is is extremely extremely high, and way higher than we ever thought it was going to be ever.

So keep that in mind if you have Iraqi Dinar.

Let me think. What else I wanted to mention to you guys tonight? It's a little bit fractured. There, there is intel coming in a little bit, but it's not a whole lot. A lot of it is quiet out there, and I really wanted want you guys to get the feeling that we are close, that we could be there this weekend.

 I don't know about tomorrow. I'm going to suggest the eighth, which is Saturday, Sunday, Monday has been added as a possibility, and it could be we get notified over the weekend.

Don't even start the exchange until Monday. I could see that happening, but we'll just have to track it. We'll just have to track it and follow it.

I'm wondering if there was anything else that you guys might need an update on, and I can't think of anything specific on it right now, you know. You know the drill when it comes to getting a toll-free number. You know to call, and AI will take your call at the call center to begin with, and theoretically you'll be you'll be taken and relocated directly to the redemption center, and is closest based on your zip code that would be entered, either orally or digitally.

I'm not sure with the AI how that's going to work. One other thing, you know, we're going to get Q phones, which are satellite phones, basically, one per individual or family at the redemption center. We hand it to you now. We know that they could run out of Q phones.

They might have 20 or 30 or 40 or whatever at a redemption center, they could run out. In which case, they have certificates for a free Q phone, which you would redeem at T-Mobile or maybe one other. Maybe it's AT&T. I don't know to get a free Q phone.

Now, I think what they'll do is when they run out of the physical phones, they'll substitute and give people that come in the in the third or fourth or fifth day or whatever it is for that redemption center.

They'll give them a certificate to get one. Are we going to get a certificate for, say, $1,000 to go to Best Buy for a new laptop?

Don't know. That was talked about. Have not heard an update on that. I don't think we need it. I think we're going to be able to go to Best Buy or any place we want to to get a new laptop, if we want.

I will say this: I plan to support Dell. I've got two Dell laptops now that are kind of antiquated, and I haven't been able to feed operate them in about 13/14, years.

Excuse me, But post Medved, I will be able to operate a laptop, and I'll do some of it. I'm not going to be sitting in front of a of a computer screen for the rest of my life. Forget it. Not going to do it. I'll be on the phone, but I'm not going to be looking at a computer screen.

Hopefully, I'll have a couple assistants that can keep up with emails and that kind of stuff. So, there's one other thing I wanted you guys to know about, and that was: Are there med beds, for example, in New Zealand, Australia, all of these other countries, the answer is yes.

And I got a number today, and we know that they have them now. This is internationally meaning apart from the United States and Canada, apart from the U.S. and Canada, Medbed centers with two Medbeds in each 170, 7000 globally around the world, not including the U.S. and Canada.

Now that may be a lot in some areas, and not as many in other highly populated countries. And maybe they'll add more. I would think they would, but that's the number I got today: 77,000 Medbed centers, apart from the United States and Canada, around the world.

So yes, they're in New Zealand. Of course, they're in Australia, and I'm sure that there's some countries that don't have that many. But certainly, that's part of getting them out there.

And yes, they are free to use, free for us, free to use. So beware of that. I think that's everything I had in the way of intel to give. I hope I don't think of anything else later.

So you'll have it, and hopefully, hopefully we get the 800 numbers that we're looking for this weekend.

So that's really all the intel that I wanted to share tonight. Thank you, guys, for considering going to Peter Sentinella's YouTube site and pulling up as he goes across United States. And it's going to be-it's very-it's a very good way to get an idea of what's going on across the country, and it's helping me to get prepared for a rebuild America.

Okay, so I can't wait to do that, and who knows what's going to happen from that. But let's go ahead and thank Sue for doing a marvelous job on everything that we're looking at right now, with the with the pod and with the classes and all of Big Call Universe that's out there listening.

Thank you, Bob, for all of the great advice and the testimonials and the new products that we have that are really making a difference in people's lives and their health and well-being. And thank-I just want to thank everybody that's a contributor to the big call, and big call Universe for tuning in for the last 15 years.

Like Bob said, somebody came to visit him last week that had been listening to the call for 15 years. Some of you guys are out there and have done that, and I really appreciate that.

And even after we don't do live big calls anymore, I will still be in touch with everybody by email. So make sure you've got you sent your email to bigcalluniverse.com, and when we get the toll-free numbers, we will put them out.

We will put it on the website, and we'll put it in an email that'll come from from our servers, biggalluniverse.com. And then, of course, we'll if we get the number and can put it out live on the call, we'll do that too. They wanted us to do that, so we just needed to be able to do that.

So everybody, do this. Have a good weekend. Check out Peter Santonella's YouTube site. Check out to see what I'm talking about with his travel and and getting to know some of these small towns and all that stuff, I find it fascinating. I really enjoy it. All right, so everybody have a good weekend, and let's see what transpires Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

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Coffee with MarkZ, joined by Mr. Cottrell. 08/07/2026

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News, Rumors and Opinions Friday 8-7-2026

Ross: The Solution that will Boomerang the IQD Revaluation

8-7-2026

Iraq does not revalue the Dinar to escape crises of this severity BUT sink-or-swim is the only thing that historically forces Baghdad to move on structural files that have been stalled for years.

The solution that will provide a boomerang towards the revaluation of IQD.

1. Real expenditure rationalization and non-oil revenue expansion.

2. Acceleration of the long-delayed Oil & Gas Law / Hydrocarbon Law framework. This is the single biggest structural unlock for sustained higher oil revenue and FDI.

3. Banking-sector cleanup, better customs collection (ASYCUDA push), and tighter control over regional revenue transfers. Better customs collection and forcing the Region to transfer what it owes directly improves the federal cash position without new borrowing.

4. Possible formal borrowing authority that comes with conditions or oversight. The version that helps the longer-term case is borrowing that is explicitly tied to reform milestones, spending limits, transparency requirements, and parliamentary or external oversight.

5. Serious corruption cleanup and recovery of public/stolen funds. Recovering looted or mismanaged public money is pure liquidity that does not create new debt. It strengthens reserves, reduces the need for printing or emergency borrowing, and signals that the system is finally being cleaned.

6. Continued push on digital payments / reduced cash economy (cuts leakage and improves tax collection).

7. Clear, enforced resolution of the Kurdistan oil and revenue-sharing mechanism so the federal budget is no longer constantly bleeding.

8. Full completion of the cabinet under al-Zaidi and a functioning government that can actually pass and implement the above (vote coming 8/15-20).

None of these items equals an automatic higher dinar rate.

Collectively they shrink the fiscal hemorrhage, raise the quality of revenue, reduce leakage, and make the revalued currency defensible.

All of this is achievable and Baghdad has no choice but to act swiftly.

Lightning-speed fire under Iraq’s a*s progress is and will continue to unfold.

How long can Iraq hold its breath under water?

Source(s):
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Walkingstick   [Iraqi bank friend Aki update] The shortage in liquidity in the markets is causing a big demand on the 3-zero notes...It means the rate is going in the right direction...There are no more 3-zero notes...now there's a huge demand for the 2-zero notes and shortly there will be a great demand for the 1-zero notes...after the 1-zero notes will be the lower notes...Every day our rate fluctuates...The important part is the direction it's going.  Every day our currency is gaining value.  That's why the RI and the RD will be here soon.  We are geared up to go international. 

Stephen  The last 6 months we have seen change happen like never before.  As someone who has been involved in this investment since 2011, Iraq has let deadlines come and go.  They have meant nothing to Iraq.  But...since the Trump administration has gotten involved with them, we have a new prime minister who is getting rid of corruption, he's signing big deals, it's putting pressure on the HCL law...we have Starlink which is going to allow citizens to do online banking, we have all of these banking reforms being implemented right now.  This stuff is happening right before our very eyes...We are in very exciting times.

Jeff   There's a massive currency shortage.  They're claiming it's due to lack of oil revenues from the war... Iraq talks to you out of both sides of their mouth...You need to think about this from both sides...What are things that might happen when the rate's about to change?  ...January through June, they kept telling us, 'Hey, we're eventually going to have to adjust the salary pay scales.' What causes that?  ...A rate change force them to have to adjust salary pay scales...Is it possible they're not paying salaries because they need to adjust the pay scale? ...New currency denominations impact the budget and the salary pay scales...All possibly suggest the rate is about to change.  Those are things Iraq can't tell you.  Iraq had no problem paying salaries during the first half of the year but when you hit the second half of the year it's magically a big problem, which is potentially a new budget period.

IQD Update: Is Iraq's Dinar About to Get a Major Makeover?

Edu Matrix:  8-7-2026

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Reset Intelligence: The Ships, the Salaries, and the Signature

Reset Intelligence: The Ships, the Salaries, and the Signature

8-5-2026

The Ships, the Salaries, and the Signature

By Reset Intelligence | @EXIT_FIAT

A thousand ships are waiting inside the Gulf for one signature. So is Baghdad.

Iraq just let a month of public salaries go unpaid rather than touch its reserve vault. That choice tells you more than any rumour this week.

The queue

The US Treasury Secretary says the deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be signed within hours, and put his own number on what is waiting behind it: hundreds if not a thousand ships sitting inside the Gulf. Oil slid toward $75 on the odds alone. The fight left in the room is over what the strait is on the other side of the signature – a service Tehran sells, or a passage Washington grants. Trump answered that one in capital letters on his own account.

The paydays that did not come

While the negotiators talked, Baghdad confirmed the quiet part with numbers. July salaries have not been paid to a large share of Iraq’s public workers. The finance ministry counted roughly 3 trillion dinars disbursed, a 3.3 trillion gap to finish the month, and a proposal on the table to pay salaries every 45 days. All of it while the reserve vault stays shut. A state does not run its money that way by accident.

The week on one page

• Hormuz deal – Washington aiming for an announcement this week; an earlier memorandum bought 60 days of free passage and the fight is over day 61

• Iraq’s budget – parliament’s finance committee says the government intends to skip the 2026 budget for a rebuilt 2027 draft. Nothing is approved, nothing tabled, and a mini-budget push is already on the record

• Friday, August 7 – Iraq’s militias set their own deadline for Baghdad to answer them, and the US Senate faces its last filing window for the CLARITY Act vote before recess

• Money going manual – Japan sold roughly $53 billion in a day to defend the yen, the US Treasury stepped into the market behind it, and the Bank of Korea is buying domestic gold for the first time in 13 years

The last time the world watched a queue of ships decide a currency’s fate was Suez, November 1956. A reserve currency went into that queue and never came out the same. What that history says about Hormuz, the dinar, and the order everything unlocks in – that is the part we connect in today’s full briefing, and it is the short version you are reading now,

A queue of ships has ended a currency era once already. The people who saw it forming were early, and the people who read about it later were not

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