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Gold Soars Past $3400 As Stocks Plummet | Mario Innecco

Liberty and Finance:  4-22-2025

Mario Innecco discusses the recent surge in gold prices, attributing it to ongoing global currency debasement and long-term inflationary policies by central banks.

 He highlights the accumulation of physical gold by sovereign nations and central banks as a signal of a potential monetary realignment, possibly involving gold's return to the global financial system.

Innecco also emphasizes the declining credibility of fiat currencies and the dollar index as misleading, noting that all fiat currencies are weakening relative to gold.

Gold Soars Past $3400 As Stocks Plummet | Mario Innecco

Liberty and Finance:  4-22-2025

Mario Innecco discusses the recent surge in gold prices, attributing it to ongoing global currency debasement and long-term inflationary policies by central banks.

 He highlights the accumulation of physical gold by sovereign nations and central banks as a signal of a potential monetary realignment, possibly involving gold's return to the global financial system.

Innecco also emphasizes the declining credibility of fiat currencies and the dollar index as misleading, noting that all fiat currencies are weakening relative to gold.

He suggests that the Dow-to-gold ratio could return to 1:1, reflecting a major shift in financial markets similar to past historical resets.

Finally, Innecco advises patience and continued accumulation of gold and silver, warning that pullbacks may be brief and sharp as fear eventually drives more investors into hard assets.

INTERVIEW TIMELINE:

0:00 Intro

1:09 $3400 gold

4:24 Dow/gold ratio

 7:30 Gold pullback coming?

13:00 Trump & the Fed

18:00 Dollar Index

19:30 Monetary realignment

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"The Real Price of Gold is $40.000..." - Rafi Farber | Gold Silver Price

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Gold Futures Break $3,500 In Overnight Trading

Arcadia Economics:  4-22-2025

The stunning Asian gold rally continued again last night, with the futures breaking the $3,500 level, and reaching as high as $3,509 before selling off into Tuesday morning trading.

Vince Lanci looks at the historic move, and digs into what the charts are suggesting as well.

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PAUL ATKINS OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AS SEC CHAIR, SIGNALS SHIFT TO CRYPTO-FRIENDLY APPROACH

Paul Atkins was sworn in on Monday as the 34th Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), marking a significant shift toward a more crypto-friendly regulatory stance.

Atkins’ appointment signals a departure from former Chair Gary Gensler’s aggressive enforcement strategy against digital asset firms. In his opening remarks, Atkins reaffirmed the SEC’s mission to promote capital formation, ensure fair markets, and protect investors.

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PAUL ATKINS OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AS SEC CHAIR, SIGNALS SHIFT TO CRYPTO-FRIENDLY APPROACH

Paul Atkins was sworn in on Monday as the 34th Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), marking a significant shift toward a more crypto-friendly regulatory stance.

Atkins’ appointment signals a departure from former Chair Gary Gensler’s aggressive enforcement strategy against digital asset firms. In his opening remarks, Atkins reaffirmed the SEC’s mission to promote capital formation, ensure fair markets, and protect investors.

He emphasized the need for clear and consistent regulation, stating that his experience in both public service and the private sector has shown him how regulatory uncertainty can stifle innovation.

Atkins To Exit Patomak Following SEC Appointment And Crypto Focus

Atkins, who founded Patomak Global Partners in 2009 to help develop digital asset standards, pledged to step down from his role at the firm within 90 days. His nomination passed narrowly, with 52 Republican votes in favor and 44 Democrats opposing.

Senator Elizabeth Warren had previously pressed Atkins to disclose Patomak’s advisory work with crypto companies, including ties to the collapsed FTX exchange.

During his Senate confirmation, Atkins criticized previous regulatory approaches as overly complex and politicized. He committed to leading the SEC with what he described as a “rational and principled” framework, aimed at fostering innovation rather than hindering it.

Atkins takes over from Gensler, whose tenure was marked by numerous lawsuits against crypto firms for alleged securities violations.

Since Gensler’s departure, acting Chair Mark Uyeda and Commissioner Hester Peirce have already moved to dismiss many of these cases and eased oversight on sectors like meme coins and crypto mining.

Known for his strong Wall Street connections, Atkins’ financial disclosures revealed investments of up to $5 million in digital asset firm Off the Chain Capital LLC. With a combined net worth of approximately $327 million, Atkins becomes one of the wealthiest SEC chairs in recent history.

As the SEC transitions under Atkins’ leadership, it faces a backlog of over 70 crypto-related ETF applications involving assets like Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, and MELANIA. Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas summed up the sentiment on X, saying, “Gonna be a wild year.”

SEC Changes Crypto Enforcement Strategy

Last month, the SEC officially ended its investigation into Australian-based crypto gaming firm Immutable, bringing a significant chapter in the company’s regulatory journey to a close.

The SEC’s move to close the Immutable case is part of a broader trend in its crypto enforcement strategy. In recent months, the agency has also dropped investigations into other major crypto firms, including OpenSea, Uniswap, Robinhood, and Gemini.

To enhance regulatory clarity, the SEC has also launched a crypto-focused task force led by Commissioner Hester Peirce.

Meanwhile, Ripple is nearing the end of its own legal battle with the SEC. A March 26 update confirmed Ripple will not pursue a counter-appeal after the SEC agreed to drop its appeal earlier this month.

The company will pay a reduced fine of $50 million, down from the initially proposed $125 million.

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ECB FLAGS RISK OF FINANCIAL CONTAGION FROM US CRYPTO PUSH

The ECB is calling for changes to MiCA, only months after the regulatory framework was implemented.

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised an alarm over potential fallout from aggressive US support for the crypto industry, warning that a surge in dollar-backed stablecoins could destabilize Europe’s financial system.

According to a policy paper seen by Politico, the ECB has asked for a revision of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies just months after it came into effect.

The concern is that US reforms backed by President Donald Trump could flood European markets with dollar-denominated stablecoins.

The ECB fears this could trigger a flight of European capital into US assets, undermining EU financial sovereignty and exposing banks to liquidity risks.

ECB and European Commission clash over MiCA rules


While the ECB calls for tighter controls, the European Commission dismissed the warnings as exaggerated, per the report.

The report, citing two diplomats and one EU official, said that the existing MiCA framework is robust enough to manage stablecoin risks despite potential US policies like the Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy (STABLE) and the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS), two bills aimed at expanding America’s crypto footprint.

“The Commission was quite clear that they had different views on this topic,” and “not very many (countries) supported the idea that we should now jump the gun and start making quick changes in (the rules) based on this alone,” one of the diplomats reportedly told Politico.

The stablecoin sector now commands a valuation of $234 billion, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

The ECB warned that European issuers could face redemption pressures from EU and foreign holders without stricter limits, potentially sparking a financial “run” and harming exposed institutions.

“The worry is warranted,” Mikko Ohtamaa, co-founder and CEO at Trading Strategy, said in a post on X. “However, the EU had the first mover advantage with the regulation and they screwed it up.”

Ohtamaa said no EU stablecoin is globally competitive due to MiCA’s restrictive rules, which are influenced by bank and legacy finance lobbying.

Tether remains a major critic of MiCA

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USDt (USDT), has long been a critic of the EU’s MiCA regulation.

Last year, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino argued that MiCA’s requirements, particularly the mandate for stablecoin issuers to hold at least 60% of reserves in EU bank accounts, could introduce systemic risks to both stablecoins and the broader banking system.

Due to noncompliance with MiCA, USDT has faced delistings from major European exchanges, including Coinbase, Crypto.com and Kraken.

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INCOMING SEC CHAIR TO WEIGH MORE THAN 70 CRYPTO ETF FILINGS—INCLUDING SOLANA AND XRP

Spot crypto ETFs are currently limited to Bitcoin and Ethereum in the U.S., but analysts expect new approvals this year.

▪️Incoming SEC Chair Paul Atkins will have more than 70 crypto ETF hopefuls to review when he begins in the role.

▪️Funds pegged to Dogecoin, Pengu, Solana, XRP, and the Melania meme coin are all in the mix.

▪️After punting on XRP ETFs in March, the agency can delay its final decision until mid-October.

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INCOMING SEC CHAIR TO WEIGH MORE THAN 70 CRYPTO ETF FILINGS—INCLUDING SOLANA AND XRP

Spot crypto ETFs are currently limited to Bitcoin and Ethereum in the U.S., but analysts expect new approvals this year.

▪️Incoming SEC Chair Paul Atkins will have more than 70 crypto ETF hopefuls to review when he begins in the role.

▪️Funds pegged to Dogecoin, Pengu, Solana, XRP, and the Melania meme coin are all in the mix.

▪️After punting on XRP ETFs in March, the agency can delay its final decision until mid-October.

Incoming SEC Chair Paul Atkins will have an avalanche of crypto-related applications to sift through when he officially takes control of the regulator.

Hopeful issuers now await feedback on 72 crypto-linked exchange-traded funds in the U.S., including requests to list options, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.

Gonna be a wild year,” he said on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday, noting ETF hopefuls have positioned themselves to offer funds for assets ranging from Solana to the first lady’s meme coin.

Atkins was confirmed as U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission by a full Senate vote around two weeks ago. His swearing-in ceremony is expected to take place soon, marking an official start to the SEC’s push to regulate crypto collaboratively under new leadership.

Although Atkins was a proponent of deregulation during his previous stint at the SEC, analysts say the crypto-friendly veteran may have to make a few first-time calls, specifically when it comes to which cryptocurrencies can be approved for listings as commodity-based trusts.

Balchunas did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Decrypt.

Last year, the SEC approved spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs under former SEC Chair Gary Gensler. While the approvals represented a landmark moment for the crypto industry, it raised deeper questions about which cryptocurrencies should be regulated as commodities, and therefore be allowed to trade on Wall Street in a similar fashion to assets like gold.

In total, asset managers are looking for feedback on applications tied to 15 different cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Those include applications centered on digital assets with large valuations like Solana, Dogecoin, and XRP—alongside relatively nascent ones like the Solana-based tokens Bonk, Pengu, and Official Trump.

Under Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda, the agency has chipped away at some regulatory uncertainty. In February, the SEC said that it generally doesn’t consider meme coins to be securities, but it didn’t advise whether they were fitting for Wall Street wrappers.

For assets like XRP, the SEC won’t be forced to make a decision immediately after Atkins takes the reins at the agency. After punting on XRP ETFs in March, the agency can delay its final decision until mid-October.

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BRICS: CHINA UNVEILS FIRST GOLD ATM: MELTS AND CONVERTS GOLD

BRICS member China has unveiled the world’s first Gold ATM that melts, tests, and converts gold into instant bank transfers. The ATM has already witnessed long queues of people trying to sell off their generational gold. Users need to book an appointment to use it, and according to early reports, appointment slots are full until as late as May.

The Gold ATM is operated by China’s Kinghood Group and is installed at a mall in Shanghai. The machine weighs, checks the quality, and analyses the Gold before dispensing the money equivalent to the price that was put in. The ATM is designed to accept gold items of over three grams with a purity of at least 50 percent.

“The introduction of smart gold ATMs primarily serves a recycling function from a business perspective. This reflects the fact that, with rising gold prices, the value of gold held by the public has increased significantly, leading to a stronger desire to cash out,” Wion quoted Xu Weixin, a member of the Shanghai Gold Association, as saying. “There is still strong upward momentum for gold, mainly driven by central banks and institutional investors accelerating their gold purchases.”

XAU/USD Surges to All-Time High as China Begins Using Gold ATM

Furthermore, the development from China also comes as Gold prices globally are skyrocketing. Indeed, the precious metal touched the historic milestone of $3,400 on Monday.

The XAU/USD index, which tracks the performance of the precious metal, showed the commodity surging 70 points, spiking more than 2% in the day’s trade. The Spot Gold prices have risen close to 30% year-to-date, generating stellar returns to investors.

Commodity traders who took an entry position this year are all enjoying profits as the metal is heading north. This is the highest the glittery metal has surged in the last four months since 2010.

The steady yet unending accumulation of gold, as well as China’s new Gold ATM, could send its prices higher by the end of 2025Senior Bloomberg strategist Mike McGlone recently predicted that the metal could soon hit the $4,000 mark next.

 “We’re putting in a pretty good base now around $3,000,” McGlone said. “It’s going to head into $4,000, the question is time. Anything in between there is for the traders, which I used to do.”

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CARDANO FOUNDER SAYS BUTERIN’S NEW ETHEREUM PROPOSAL ‘MAKES SENSE’

A fleeting exchange on social media has drawn two of the crypto sector’s most prominent protocol architects into unexpected alignment. On Sunday, Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson replied to a technical blog post from Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin with a terse endorsement: “It makes sense, we are using RISC V with BitVMX. It’s the future.”

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CARDANO FOUNDER SAYS BUTERIN’S NEW ETHEREUM PROPOSAL ‘MAKES SENSE’

A fleeting exchange on social media has drawn two of the crypto sector’s most prominent protocol architects into unexpected alignment. On Sunday, Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson replied to a technical blog post from Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin with a terse endorsement: “It makes sense, we are using RISC V with BitVMX. It’s the future.”

Buterin’s Latest Proposal For Ethereum

The comment was triggered by Buterin’s newly published “Long‑term L1 execution layer proposal” on the Ethereum Magicians forum, where he argues that Ethereum should abandon the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) in favour of the open‑source RISC‑V instruction‑set architecture.

In the proposal Buterin calls the idea “equally as ambitious as the beam‑chain effort is for the consensus layer,” contending that a RISC‑V transition would “greatly improve the efficiency of the Ethereum execution layer, resolving one of the primary scaling bottlenecks,” while also simplifying the core codebase. He stresses that the familiar account model and opcodes “would stay exactly the same,” explaining that opcodes such as SLOAD, SSTORE and CALL would be exposed to contracts as RISC‑V syscalls.

“Old‑style EVM contracts will continue to work and will be fully two‑way interoperable with new‑style RISC‑V contracts,” he adds, sketching implementation paths that range from a dual‑VM environment to a more radical interpreter‑based migration.

Buterin’s technical motivation centres on the cost of proving EVM execution inside zero‑knowledge circuits. He points to measurements from Succinct’s ZK‑EVM showing that four tasks—deserialising inputs, initialising the witness database, computing state roots and executing blocks—consume the bulk of prover cycles.

The last of those, block execution, alone accounts for roughly half of total proving time. “Some numbers suggest that in limited cases, this could give efficiency gains over 100 ×,” Buterin writes, suggesting that direct access to a RISC‑V virtual machine could eliminate the overhead of compiling the EVM into RISC‑V for ZK proof generation. He argues that even if pre‑compiles become the new bottleneck, the shift would still produce “very significant” performance wins.

Cardano’s Use Of RISC‑V

Hoskinson’s swift assent carries weight because Cardano has been building around the same architecture. The network’s extended UTxO model is now being paired with BitVMX FORCE, a collaborative effort designed to let Cardano dApps tap into Bitcoin’s liquidity and decentralised‑finance activity.

BitVMX emulates a general‑purpose CPU for Bitcoin using RISC‑V, which in turn lets Cardano’s domain‑specific languages—Plutus and the low‑level Aiken—compile contracts that run seamlessly on either chain. By adopting the same instruction set for its off‑chain circuits,

Cardano hopes to render zero‑knowledge proofs more efficient and to facilitate cross‑chain functionality without resorting to trusted bridges.

RISC‑V’s appeal is two‑fold. As an open specification it avoids licensing constraints while offering implementers freedom to add extensions; at the same time, it’s simple, orthogonal design is friendlier to zero‑knowledge proof systems than the EVM’s eclectic opcode catalogue or Bitcoin’s austere script. 

Hoskinson’s It’s the future” therefore describes not merely Cardano’s roadmap but a growing industry trend, now echoed inside Ethereum’s own research circles.

Whether Ethereum’s highly conservative core‑dev process will embrace Buterin’s proposal remains uncertain. The Beacon‑chain merge, the Cancun/Deneb upgrade and the push toward statelessness already crowd the execution‑layer agenda.

Yet the fact that both a UTXO‑based competitor and the originator of account‑based smart contracts now cite RISC‑V as the optimal long‑term target suggests that the argument will not dissipate quickly. As Buterin concludes, stripping the base layer to “well within” ten thousand lines of code may require “this kind of radical change.

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SOUTH KOREA'S CENTRAL BANK VOWS TO 'ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE' IN STABLECOIN LEGISLATION DEVELOPMENT

▪️The Bank of Korea said it will actively participate in developing stablecoin regulations to prevent potential risk to monetary and financial stability.

▪️The country is working on the second part of its crypto legislation, which is set to focus on stablecoins and transparency requirements for crypto services.


The Bank of Korea said it will "actively participate" in the country's efforts to build a regulatory framework for stablecoins in order to mitigate potential monetary and financial risks.

"Unlike general virtual assets, stablecoins inherently possess characteristics of a payment measure," the BOK said in a payment systems report on Monday. "If their usage expands, they could … undermine the effectiveness of monetary policies."

The central bank also pointed out that stablecoins could transmit risks from crypto-related crises to the traditional financial market, threatening financial stability and the integrity of payment and settlement systems.

"The [Bank of Korea] intends to present its views on the desirable direction of stablecoin regulation from a central bank perspective," 
the bank said.

South Korea is currently developing a follow-up legal framework to its inaugural crypto law, which took effect in July 2024 and focuses heavily on protecting crypto investors by setting stricter requirements for exchanges.

The second bill is set to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins and provide clearer classifications for crypto service providers, along with rules for more transparent token listings and disclosures, the BOK said in its report.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission previously announced that it would start drafting the legislation in the second half of this year.

The BOK report suggested that the country had 18.25 million crypto investors as of December 2024, which is more than 35% of its current total population. The top five exchanges in South Korea see an average daily trading volume of around $12.1 billion.

In a parallel effort, the BOK is testing its central bank digital currency with participation from citizens, retail shops and local banks to determine its commercial feasibility. Local news outlets reported that the central bank's planned second-stage trial, set for October, will explore peer-to-peer transfers of the CBDC.

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The Most Dangerous Trade in the World Is Unraveling – Bert Dohmen

The Most Dangerous Trade in the World Is Unraveling – Bert Dohmen

Kitco News:  4-19-2025

Global markets are flashing warning signs as credit spreads widen, gold hits new record highs, and political pressure mounts on central banks.

With the European Central Bank cutting rates to 2.25% and Trump attacking Fed Chair Jerome Powell over rate policy, the battle between inflation, growth, and monetary control is intensifying.

The Most Dangerous Trade in the World Is Unraveling – Bert Dohmen

Kitco News:  4-19-2025

Global markets are flashing warning signs as credit spreads widen, gold hits new record highs, and political pressure mounts on central banks.

With the European Central Bank cutting rates to 2.25% and Trump attacking Fed Chair Jerome Powell over rate policy, the battle between inflation, growth, and monetary control is intensifying.

 In this Kitco News interview, Bert Dohmen, founder of Dohmen Capital and author of the Wellington Letter, joins Jeremy Szafron to dissect the critical forces reshaping today’s markets.

From the hidden dangers of the basis trade to growing cracks in credit markets, Dohmen outlines why the system is under stress—and where smart money is moving next.

He also explains why the Fed is “boxed in,” why gold miners remain undervalued despite gold’s surge to $3,370, and what capital flight signals about confidence in traditional safe havens like Treasuries. Follow

00:00 Introduction

 01:25 Market Dynamics and Risks

01:46 The Basis Trade Explained

04:36 ECB vs. Fed: Diverging Policies

 05:47 Historical Perspectives on Interest Rates and Inflation

07:50 Credit Spreads and Market Signals

09:42 Gold and Market Liquidity

13:57 Equities and Market Health

21:34 Gold Miners and Investment Opportunities

 25:24 Long-Term Market Cycles and Predictions

32:28 Conclusion

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JP MORGAN SAYS BITCOIN'S SAFE-HAVEN APPEAL IS CRUMBLING FAST

JPMorgan signals a major shift in market sentiment, highlighting fading bitcoin demand as gold captures massive inflows and reasserts dominance in the global safe-haven race.


JPMorgan Warns Bitcoin Is Losing Ground to Gold as Global Flows Shift Dramatically

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JP MORGAN SAYS BITCOIN'S SAFE-HAVEN APPEAL IS CRUMBLING FAST

JPMorgan signals a major shift in market sentiment, highlighting fading bitcoin demand as gold captures massive inflows and reasserts dominance in the global safe-haven race.


JPMorgan Warns Bitcoin Is Losing Ground to Gold as Global Flows Shift Dramatically

JPMorgan Chase analysts stated Wednesday that bitcoin is no longer riding the wave of safe-haven demand, contrasting sharply with gold’s recent inflows. In a research note, the team led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou pointed to clear signs of fading investor appetite for BTC. The JPMorgan analysts stated:

Bitcoin has failed to benefit from the safe haven flows that have been supporting gold
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They observed that the cryptocurrency has suffered from three consecutive months of exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows and reduced speculative interest in the futures market.

Gold, in contrast, has drawn consistent flows from both institutional and speculative investors. “Despite a decline in market breadth and liquidity, gold continues to benefit from safe haven flows in a similar fashion to currencies like the Swiss franc and the yen,” the analysts detailed.

 “These safe haven flows are seen in both the ETF and futures spaces.” Global gold ETFs saw $21.1 billion in net inflows in the first quarter of 2025, including $2.3 billion from China and Hong Kong-based ETFs.

Earlier this month, JPMorgan analysts warned that bitcoin’s status as a safe-haven asset may be weakening. They said the cryptocurrency’s “digital gold” narrative is under pressure as gold continues to see stronger demand.

The report also stated that gold is leading the current debasement trade and remains its primary beneficiary. JPMorgan continues to consider BTC’s estimated production cost a key price indicator, despite ongoing concerns. Analysts said gold remains the main asset benefiting from currency debasement. They identified $62,000, bitcoin’s estimated production cost, as a critical support level.

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REAL-TIME PAYMENTS SURGE GLOBALLY AS US RAISES LIMITS, BRAZIL DRIVES DIGITAL INCLUSION

The growth of real-time payments has been global in scope, and as detailed in the latest “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and The Clearing House, there’s an increasing maturity and broadening adoption of instant payment systems.

Increased transaction limits indicate that a variety of new use cases are coming to the forefront, particularly in commercial settings. A significant development in the United States is the recent increase in The Clearing House’s RTP network transaction limit to $10 million, up from $1 million as of Feb. 9.

The recent boost to transaction limits is leagues above the initial limit. When The Clearing House (TCH) launched its RTP® network in 2017 — the first new payments infrastructure in about 40 years — the transaction limit was $25,000. Jim Colassano, TCH’s senior vice president of RTP Product Development, told PYMNTS in the wake of the $10 million ceiling announcement that, “we’re seeing an explosion of new use cases on the network, and we’re seeing a lot more activity.”

This enhancement has already facilitated substantial intercompany transfers, exemplified by BNY Mellon’s $10 million liquidity management transaction for its client Computershare. The fact that over 285,000 businesses now utilize the RTP rail monthly signals a growing corporate appetite for higher-value instant payments.

Brazil’s ‘Game Changer’

In nations such as Brazil, instant payments are finding wide embrace, as central bank initiatives have proven to be a tailwind. As André Cazotto, investor relations officer, M&A, and corporate strategy officer at PicPay, told PYMNTS in April, “the central bank played a huge role in digital inclusion and competition. Pix — the instant payment system — was a game-changer. In 2024 alone, 155 million people used Pix for transactions totaling over 27 trillion reais.”

The Pix instant payment network is set to introduce a recurring payments feature, Pix Automático, in June. This functionality will streamline recurring billing for both consumers and businesses by automating payments for utilities, streaming services and other regular expenses, potentially reducing reliance on multiple banking partnerships.

The real-time payments ecosystem is also attracting new entrants, particularly in the digital wallet arena. Social media giant X is poised to launch its “X Money Account” in late 2025, partnering with Visa to enable in-platform peer-to-peer payments linked to debit cards via Visa Direct. This move indicates the potential for significant disruption and expanded reach for real-time payments within social media platforms.

Infrastructure providers are also bolstering their capabilities. FIS recently achieved full send capabilities certification for the FedNow® Service, building upon its previous receive-only certification. This advancement allows FIS to support the complete payment lifecycle for its partner banks on the Federal Reserve’s real-time payments rail, including instant payments for various use cases like loans, rent and bills.

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XRP NEWS: ETF APPROVAL COULD SUCK UP SUPPLY LIKE A “VACUUM” & PUMP PRICE HIGHER

▪️XRP ETFs could remove coins from market, creating less supply and higher prices.

▪️Analyst predicts XRP price could reach $27 if ETF approval goes through.

▪️BlackRock’s potential ETF involvement could trigger massive XRP demand with its $11 trillion assets.

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XRP NEWS: ETF APPROVAL COULD SUCK UP SUPPLY LIKE A “VACUUM” & PUMP PRICE HIGHER

▪️XRP ETFs could remove coins from market, creating less supply and higher prices.

▪️Analyst predicts XRP price could reach $27 if ETF approval goes through.

▪️BlackRock’s potential ETF involvement could trigger massive XRP demand with its $11 trillion assets.

A popular crypto analyst from the Good Morning Crypto podcast has made a strong prediction about XRP. He believes that the approval of XRP-based ETFs could trigger massive buying pressure, pushing prices higher. According to him, once proper regulations are in place, both investors and daily users of XRP could find themselves racing to grab what’s left of the supply.

So what’s driving this bullish outlook? Let’s break it down.

XRP ETFs Could Act Like “Vacuum Cleaners”

The analyst explained that Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) could play a major role in XRP’s price movement. When someone bu4ys an XRP ETF, the actual XRP gets stored with a qualified custodian, meaning it’s no longer available for trading in the open market. He compared this to giant vacuum cleaners sucking XRP out of circulation.

With already 18 XRP ETF applications on the table, and there’s a speculation that BlackRock, with a AUM of $11 trillion in assets, may enter the space, the potential demand could be massive.

If that happens, a lot of XRP will be taken off the market, which could push the price higher.

Clear Regulation Might Unlock XRP’s Daily Use

At the same time, the analyst believes that under Donald Trump, crypto rules in the U.S. could become clearer & easier. If this happens by August, more businesses might start using XRP for daily payments.

Meanwhile, market makers, the ones who use XRP for regular transactions, would need it every single day. But while they’re using it, they’d also see the price going up because ETFs are buying up the supply.

If this scenario unfolds, XRP may no longer be as cheap or available as it is today.

On the other hand, the Ripple and SEC lawsuits have been paused for the next 60 days. Many believe it could finally come to an end by July or August. This could be a big moment for XRP, possibly pushing its price higher.

How High Can XRP Go, If ETF Approved?

Recently, Coinpedia News reported that Crypto analyst EGRAG Crypto believes XRP has the potential to soar as high as $27 if an XRP ETF gets approved.

As of now, XRP is trading at a much lower price, around $2.08, with a market cap of $121.5 billion.

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BRICS: HAS CHINESE YUAN MADE INROADS INTO THE WORLD’S RESERVES?

China has aggressively pushed the Chinese yuan as a major payment option for trade settlements between BRICS members since 2022After the White House pressed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, the Xi Jinping administration made use of the turmoil by placing its local currency ahead for cross-border transactions.

Its BRICS counterpart Russia was the top user of the Chinese yuan as it settled major trade deals in the currencyEven countries such as Iran, India, the UAE, Nigeria, and Belarus settled several trade payments in the Chinese yuan. So has the Communist country’s currency grown by leaps and bounds in the world’s reserves? The answer is no.

China has aggressively pushed the Chinese yuan as a major payment option for trade settlements between BRICS members since 2022. After the White House pressed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, the Xi Jinping administration made use of the turmoil by placing its local currency ahead for cross-border transactions.

Its BRICS counterpart Russia was the top user of the Chinese yuan as it settled major trade deals in the currency. Even countries such as Iran, India, the UAE, Nigeria, and Belarus settled several trade payments in the Chinese yuan. So has the Communist country’s currency grown by leaps and bounds in the world’s reserves? The answer is no.

BRICS: Chinese Yuan Made Inroads In International Reserves?

The latest data from The Atlantic Council shows that the Chinese yuan has not made any major inroads in international reserves. Though its usage has slightly increased, it does not create any impact or threaten the dominance of the US dollar. Even BRICS countries are now hesitant to use the Chinese yuan for trade as they believe the Communist nation is using the alliance as a stepping stone for world domination.

BRICS member India stepped back from using the Chinese yuan after settling many trade deals in the currency. The Modi government does not want to promote or use the currency as it can make China much stronger. India and China have been at loggerheads for several decades due to border and trade disputes. Therefore, using their local currency will only empower the opposition and make India look weaker.

The Chinese yuan has a long way to go to even challenge the dominance of the US dollar. Other leading currencies like the euro and pound are yet to dent the USD’s prospects despite being second and third in line. BRICS has little to no chance of making the Chinese yuan reign supreme in the coming decades.

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RIPPLE ENTERS BROKER-DEALER ARENA AS HIDDEN ROAD GAINS FINRA AUTHORIZATION

Ripple just unlocked a game-changing foothold in traditional finance as its $1.25 billion acquisition scores FINRA approval, supercharging institutional access to fixed income markets.

Ripple’s Hidden Road Gets FINRA Go-Ahead to Expand Prime Brokerage Services

Hidden Road, a global prime brokerage firm recently acquired by Ripple for $1.25 billion, announced a regulatory milestone Thursday. Its subsidiary, Hidden Road Partners CIV US LLC, received authorization from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to operate as a broker-dealer.

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RIPPLE ENTERS BROKER-DEALER ARENA AS HIDDEN ROAD GAINS FINRA AUTHORIZATION

Ripple just unlocked a game-changing foothold in traditional finance as its $1.25 billion acquisition scores FINRA approval, supercharging institutional access to fixed income markets.

Ripple’s Hidden Road Gets FINRA Go-Ahead to Expand Prime Brokerage Services

Hidden Road, a global prime brokerage firm recently acquired by Ripple for $1.25 billion, announced a regulatory milestone Thursday. Its subsidiary, Hidden Road Partners CIV US LLC, received authorization from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to operate as a broker-dealer.

This new designation allows the firm to enhance its capabilities in fixed income prime brokerage. “This approval enables Hidden Road to expand its recently launched fixed income prime brokerage platform, which currently includes Fixed Income Repo & Global Funding services,” the company statedadding:

"As a broker-dealer, Hidden Road will now be able to provide new and existing institutional clients with a full suite of regulatory-compliant prime brokerage, clearing, and financing services in fixed income assets."

Noel Kimmel, president of Hidden Road, framed the milestone as pivotal to the firm’s trajectory in capital markets. Kimmel stated: “Our broker-dealer registration is a significant step in the development of Hidden Road’s fixed income prime brokerage platform and bolsters our capabilities in traditional financial markets.” 

The executive continued: “As a FINRA member, we will be able to bring our best-in-class, technology-driven fixed income service offering to an expanded universe of institutional clients. Our business has tremendous momentum, and we look forward to continuing to provide superior execution and support to our clients amidst today’s exceptionally dynamic market environment.”

Ripple recently announced its acquisition of Hidden Road, a deal valued at $1.25 billion and pending regulatory approval. If completed, it would make Ripple the first digital asset firm to own a global, multi-asset prime broker.

The acquisition aims to expand Ripple’s cross-border payment and custody services. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse commented“We are at an inflection point for the next phase of digital asset adoption – the U.S. market is effectively open for the first time due to the regulatory overhang of the former SEC coming to an end, and the market is maturing to address the needs of traditional finance.”

Ripple CTO David Schwartz described the deal as transformativestating that XRP could support part of Hidden Road’s daily $10 billion clearing volume and 50 million transactions. “Ripple’s acquisition of Hidden Road is a defining moment for the XRP Ledger and XRP,” he said

The partnership will integrate blockchain-based settlement, use XRP and RLUSD for collateral and cross-asset trades, and aim to establish Hidden Road as the largest non-bank prime broker globally.

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BRICS: ONLY 50% OF GLOBAL INVOICES ARE WRITTEN IN THE US DOLLAR

The superiority of the US dollar is declining every year as BRICS and other developing countries are working towards uprooting it from the world’s reserve currency status. The latest data had shown that the US dollar’s reserves around the world had already fallen below the 60% mark. The Atlantic Council reported that the US dollar’s global reserves fell to 59% last year.

That’s a gradual decline since 2002 when the global reserves in central banks stood at 72%The last 23 years saw the USD reserves falling by 13% and the decline could continue further. The decrease falls in line with the BRICS agenda of de-dollarization where the US dollar’s dominancy is getting punctured.

BRICS: Global Invoices in the US Dollar Falls to 50%

Jane Foley, Rabobank’s FX Strategy head said in a recent interview with Bloomberg that the global invoices in the US dollar are now just 50%. The recent data from the SWIFT payment messaging system also shows that global invoices in the US dollar have topped 50.2%BRICS members are now rewriting trade deals where local currencies are used and not the US dollar for cross-border transactions.

“There’s a lose correlation between the amount of invoices done in or written in the US dollars round. About 50% of the world’s invoices are written in the US dollars. So fundamentally central banks need dollar reserves,” said Foley. However, she stressed that the development could change soon. “And I think that will change,” she said

“Over the last 40-50 years, the share of the world’s trade from the US dollar has shrunk really because China’s growth in the emerging markets are great, but that is still nearly 60% of reserves,” she saidIf BRICS continues the de-dollarization agenda, the US dollar could lose more value in the coming decades.

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Gold’s “Day” On Its Way

Gold’s “Day” On Its Way

The Final Wake Up Call By Pete B Meyer Friday 4-18-25

No time left

The global monetary manipulators at the Fed, the central banks, the IMF and the World Bank are playing for time. They need time to achieve long-term fiscal reform. They need time to create the global currency SDRs to be accepted by the market.

They also need time to facilitate the purchase of gold. The problem is that there is no time. A run on gold has already begun before everything is in place and everyone has what they need.

Gold’s “Day” On Its Way

The Final Wake Up Call By Pete B Meyer Friday 4-18-25

No time left

The global monetary manipulators at the Fed, the central banks, the IMF and the World Bank are playing for time. They need time to achieve long-term fiscal reform. They need time to create the global currency SDRs to be accepted by the market.

They also need time to facilitate the purchase of gold. The problem is that there is no time. A run on gold has already begun before everything is in place and everyone has what they need.

The collapse of confidence in the dollar has begun before the SDR is ready to take its place. The insolvency of the Fed and the central banks is just around the corner. The dollar’s momentum is running out and the red light is flashing.

  • The potential destabilising factor is that the amount of gold subject to paper contracts is over a thousand times the amount of physical gold backing those contracts.

If large numbers of holders demand physical delivery, the paper market will crash. And as other holders realise that they are running out of physical gold and cannot redeem their contract for bullion, the slide will escalate into an avalanche, a de facto bank run on the gold warehouses that support the exchanges and ETFs.

A similar dynamic began in October 2012, when the spot price of gold peaked at around $1,900/ounce. From there, gold fell to $1,200/ounce over the next six months.

Far from scaring off buyers, the gold crash made gold look cheap to millions of individual buyers around the world. They queued up at the banks, which quickly ran out of supply.

Buyers of standard 400 ounce and 1 kilo bars found there were no sellers; they had to wait almost thirty days for new bars to be produced by the refineries that were working around the clock to keep up with gold demand.

Massive conversions took place in the gold FTFs, not because all investors were bearish on gold, but because some wanted to get billions out of storage before running out of gold.

Backwardation

Gold futures went into backwardation, a highly unusual condition in which gold for spot delivery is more expensive than gold for forward delivery; the reverse is usually true because the forward seller has to pay for storage and insurance. This was another sign of acute physical scarcity and high demand for immediate access to physical gold.

When a gold buying panic breaks out, there is no single gold window to close. Instead, a multitude of contractual clauses, in fine print rarely read by gold buyers, would kick in.

  • Gold futures exchanges have the ability to convert contracts to cash settlement only and close physical delivery channels. Bullion banks can also settle gold futures for cash and deny buyers the ability to convert to allocated gold.

As a result of the force majeure clauses in the contracts, to be used by banks that have sold more gold than they have in stock, investors will receive a cash settlement up to the contract termination date, but no more. Investors would get some cash, but no gold bars, and would miss out on the price spike that was sure to follow.

Physical gold was already in short supply and high demand in early 2014, and there was no price spike as a result of the manipulation.

Looming disaster

Central banks were still able to suppress the price of gold. But the alarm has been sounded. The ability of central banks to suppress the price of gold has been challenged, while a new demand for gold from paper buyers has emerged.

The entire international monetary system is stumbling on a rope of physical demand for gold. As the price of gold oscillates between the forces of physical demand and central bank manipulation, another greater catastrophe is looming: the Federal Reserve is on the brink of insolvency, if not already over the brink.

This is the conclusion of expert Fed critic Frederic S. Mishkin, one of the world’s most eminent monetary economists and mentor to Ben Bernanke and other Fed governors and economists.

As such, the central bank will have little choice and will be forced to buy up government debt and monetise it, ultimately leading to a rise in inflation.

Mishkin points to another collapse in the making, separate from debt monetisation and inflation. When the Fed buys longer-term debt with newly printed money, its balance sheet suffers large mark-to-market losses as interest rates rise.

The Fed does not disclose these losses until it actually sells the bonds as part of an exit strategy, although independent analysts can estimate the size of these losses based on publicly available information.

Debt monetisation leaves central bankers with a bad choice.

  • If the country slips into deflation, the debt-to-GDP ratio will deteriorate because there is insufficient nominal growth.

  • If the country slips into inflation, the debt-to-GDP ratio will deteriorate because of higher interest rates on the country’s debt.

  • If the central bank fights inflation by selling assets, it will incur losses on bond sales and its insolvency will be exposed.

This insolvency could undermine confidence and in itself lead to higher interest rates.

The central bank’s losses will also worsen the debt-to-GDP ratio, as the Fed will no longer be able to transfer its profits to the Treasury, increasing the deficit.

There seems to be no way out of this sovereign debt crisis for the US or any other country; all roads are blocked.

The Fed avoided some pain in 2009 with its monetary stimulus and market manipulation, but the real pain was saved for another day.

That day has now arrived.

The proof is in: a monetary system based on credit rather than bullion isn’t as good an idea as it may have looked in the first place.

A credit system cannot last in the modern world because as the volume of credit increases, the creditworthiness of the issuers decreases. The more they borrow, the less able they are to repay.

The price of gold is rising. The only scenario that could stop it rising would be if the world achieved real economic growth and stability.

Which is not on the cards for the foreseeable future!

And with only 1% of people owning any kind of bullion, there will be plenty of customers for gold and silver.

Any major black swan event could cause gold prices to rise much sooner.

  • The truth is that another Lehman-type crisis could be just around the corner, while a change of course won’t be in the cards until it’s too late.

In other words, a rally in precious metals could come sooner rather than later.

 

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Trump’s Plan to Fire Powell & Launch a New Global Economy

Daniela Cambone:  4-18-2025

"The bond market will start to get really, really concerned... credit market just seized up overnight," says Peter Grandich, publisher of PeterGrandich.com.

Ahead of Easter Day, he sits down with Daniela Cambone to unpack growing risks in the financial system—and why even the Fed may be powerless to stop what’s coming.

 Grandich points to a recent moment of overnight panic that shook the bond market and triggered a sudden credit market seizure. "We saw one day the stock market cave, the dollar cave, the bond cave, and gold go up a lot," he says.

Trump’s Plan to Fire Powell & Launch a New Global Economy

Daniela Cambone:  4-18-2025

"The bond market will start to get really, really concerned... credit market just seized up overnight," says Peter Grandich, publisher of PeterGrandich.com.

Ahead of Easter Day, he sits down with Daniela Cambone to unpack growing risks in the financial system—and why even the Fed may be powerless to stop what’s coming.

 Grandich points to a recent moment of overnight panic that shook the bond market and triggered a sudden credit market seizure. "We saw one day the stock market cave, the dollar cave, the bond cave, and gold go up a lot," he says.

Typically, when stocks fall, investors flock to bonds or the U.S. dollar as safe havens. But in this rare and alarming scenario, Grandich explains, everything fell—except for gold, underscoring a deep loss of confidence in the entire financial system.

Watch the full interview to learn why there's no better time than now to invest in gold.

Key Topics:

-Peter Grandich stresses the Fed’s shifting dynamic with Trump.

 -Gold is surging on unprecedented physical demand

. -Markets now move more on algorithms than individual investors.

-Deep U.S. political and social divides are clouding the economic outlook.

-Talk of a global reset grows as nations eye alternatives to the dollar.

 -Equity markets face rising correction risks.

-The Fed’s influence is fading compared to years past.

 -Easter symbolizes renewal and hope.

Chapters:

00:00 Trump against Powell

4:28 BRICS

 5:39 Fed saving the market

8:00 Who will replace Powell?

10:56 Gold price

 14:26 Equity market

 18:40 Financial system reset

20:41 Troublesome time

 23:34 Peter’s message

 27:35 Sense of hope

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Watch for the Fed to Bail Out the Bond Market Soon

Heresy Financial:  4-18-2025

TIMECODES

 00:00 It’s Not About Stocks Anymore

00:21 Jamie Dimon Warns of a Meltdown

00:45 What “Kerfuffle” Really Means

01:13 Signs of a Coming Liquidity Crisis

 01:59 Treasury Yields Are Spiking Fast

02:15 Repo Market Flashbacks to 2019

 02:55 Hidden Risks Are Building Again

 03:36 Banks Want Rule Changes Now

 04:05 The Fed Might Have to Bail Them Out

 05:07 We’ve Seen This Playbook Before

 05:59 Trump, Powell, and the 10-Year Yield

07:17 Why the Bond Market Matters More

08:00 The Bear Market Clock Is Ticking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QR8HkuRoog

8 Banks Just Leveraged Paper Against 4 Billion Ounces of Silver—It’s A Suicide Pact | Andy Schectman

Two Dollars investing:  4-18-2025

8 Banks Just Leveraged Paper Against 4 Billion Ounces of Silver—It’s A Suicide Pact | Andy Schectman

The silver market is on the edge of catastrophe — and it’s not by accident. Just 8 Western banks have quietly built a paper position shorting over 4 billion ounces of silver — a volume so extreme it equals nearly 4 years of global mine supply.

Andy Schectman exposes how this dangerous leverage is not only unsustainable… it’s a suicide pact waiting to detonate.

Meanwhile, nations like China, Russia, and India are draining physical supply directly from miners — bypassing the manipulated markets entirely.

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ARIZONA LEADS CRYPTO RESERVE LEGISLATION RACE AS SB 1373 PASSES HOUSE COMMITTEE

▪️The Arizona Strategic Digital Assets Reserve Bill passed the House committee on Thursday.

▪️The bill, which calls for the creation of a strategic reserve, now awaits a final reading and full floor vote before reaching the governor’s desk for approval.

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ARIZONA LEADS CRYPTO RESERVE LEGISLATION RACE AS SB 1373 PASSES HOUSE COMMITTEE

▪️The Arizona Strategic Digital Assets Reserve Bill passed the House committee on Thursday.

▪️The bill, which calls for the creation of a strategic reserve, now awaits a final reading and full floor vote before reaching the governor’s desk for approval.

Arizona's Strategic Digital Assets Reserve Bill, or "SB 1373," passed the House committee on Thursday. It now awaits a third reading and a full floor vote before reaching the governor's desk for final approval.

The SB 1373 bill proposes the creation of a digital assets strategic reserve fund, which would consist of funds appropriated by the legislature and crypto assets seized by authorities.

The bill notes that the state treasurer would be allowed to deposit seized crypto into the fund via a qualified custody solution or a state-registered exchange-traded product, and that the treasurer may loan digital assets from the fund for additional returns.

"The state treasurer may not invest more than ten percent of the total amount of monies deposited in the fund in any given fiscal year," the bill says.

According to SB 1373, the term "digital assets" include virtual currency, virtual coin, and cryptocurrencies, which encompass bitcoin, stablecoins, non-fungible tokens, and other blockchain-based assets that carry economic or access rights.

A separate bill — the Arizona Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act (SB 1025) — also passed the House on April 1. If enacted, SB 1025 would allow state funds to invest up to 10% in "virtual currency holdings."

However, Arizona's crypto reserve bills may face a significant roadblock in the legislative progress as Governor Katie Hobbs vowed to veto all bills until the legislature passes a disability funding measure.

Several other U.S. states are currently advancing crypto-related legislation. According to data from bitcoin legislation researcher Bitcoin Laws, Arizona has made the furthest progress in passing the digital asset reserve legislation, followed by Texas and New Hampshire.

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RUSSIA MULLS LOCAL STABLECOIN ISSUANCE TO CIRCUMVENT SANCTIONS

A Deputy Director at the Russian Finance Ministry, Osman Kabaloev, has floated the idea of Russia launching a stablecoin to help with import and export payments. Over the last three years, Russia has tried numerous routes to circumvent sanctions given its access to Swift for cross border payments is blocked.

A current popular route is the use of stablecoins, and Tether in particular. However, in early March, Tether froze $28.5 million in funds belonging to sanctioned Russian crypto exchange Garantex, causing it to suspend services.

“That blocking that recently happened… makes us think that we need to look at creating internal instruments like USDT, possibly tied to other currencies, like they do in the Emirates – a stablecoin for the dirham – and in many other countries,” Kabaloev said at a conference of the Association of Russian Banks, according to Reuters. He was referring to the recent launch of the AE Coin, a dirham stablecoin authorized by the Central Bank of the UAE. Notably, the dirham is pegged to the dollar.

This isn’t the first report about Russian stablecoins. Last August there were reports of plans to issue a stablecoin in the Chinese yuan as well as a BRICS basket. It’s unclear whether China’s government would support a yuan stablecoin or would prefer the use of its CBDC.

The yuan is relevant because a significant proportion of Russia’s cross border payments have now shifted to the Chinese currency.

Tokenization & crypto for cross border payments

Russia already has two experimental programs that can be used for cross border payments. It has digital financial asset (DFA) issuance, its regulated tokenization regime that was launched before the Ukraine invasion. This supports assets such as tokenized gold or oil, and Iran said it was working with Russia on using tokenized assets for payments.

DFAs were originally intended for domestic investments, but a year ago Russia passed a law allowing DFAs to be used for cross border payments. Around the same time, local ratings agency ACRA highlighted frictions for foreign DFA holders because they’d have to onboard with Russian banks.

Russia’s central bank is not a big fan of cryptocurrencies, and initially resisted their use for cross border payments. However, late last year a new experimental program was launched to support the use of cryptocurrencies for imports and exports.

Mr Kabav also mentioned proposals the Central Bank subloemitted for crypto trading.

On the payments front he said“Pilot transactions were conducted at the end of December, and now the mechanism is gaining momentum. Therefore, we hope that we will only strengthen and expand this area.”

At the same time Russia is working on a digital ruble central bank digital currency (CBDC), and there’s been much talk of a BRICS Bridge. That’s a planned cross border CBDC payment system for local currency payments amongst the ten BRICS member states.

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RUSSIAN SENATOR ANTICIPATES CREATION OF BRICS+, DOZENS OF NATIONS POTENTIALLY INVOLVED

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev revealed that several countries are set to join the BRICS+ initiative, aiming to include the maximum number of participants. The Russian senator emphasized that this geopolitical group would facilitate direct interaction with dozens of countries outside the bloc.

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev revealed that several countries are set to join the BRICS+ initiative, aiming to include the maximum number of participants
The Russian senator emphasized that this geopolitical group would facilitate direct interaction with dozens of countries outside the bloc.

Russian Senator Reveals Future Creation of BRICS+ Geopolitical Group

The BRICS alternative bloc, composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emiratesis now seeking to expand its reach and influence to other countries through BRICS+.

Konstantin Kosachev, a Russian Senator of the Federation Council, said the bloc will deploy this new initiative to put dozens of allied countries in direct contact with the organization.

Kosachev stated:

This will not be a closed association for BRICS countries and partners, but rather a broader platform aimed at including the maximum number of participants.

The Russian Senator noted that several nations, including China, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Brazil, the current president of BRICS, had expressed their support for the BRICS+ initiative. “Several other countries are still considering their positions, but in this case, as within the entire association, we do not impose our will or attempt to enforce a single discipline,” he clarified.

The idea would be discussed during the next Parliamentary Forum in June, where representatives of the member states and allied nations will be present. “We hope to reach some decisions to formalize this initiative on the platform of the Inter-Parliamentary Union during the autumn assembly,” Kosachev concluded.

The news hints at a new level of cooperation between the BRICS bloc and its allies centered in the BRICS+ initiative, which could be used to coordinate binding economic and governance policies seeking to strengthen the group’s position in the face of the current financial turmoil and market uncertainty.

Per Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statements, these measures could include adopting a common payment system, which will also be available for countries outside the group.

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