The dominance of the U.S. greenback because the linchpin of the worldwide monetary system is being more and more questioned as a consequence of shifting geopolitical currents and the nation’s rising twin deficits, Wall Road large Morgan Stanley (MS) stated in a report final week.
Enter cryptocurrencies, which, whereas nonetheless of their early phases, have the potential to each erode and reinforce the greenback’s dominance in world finance, the financial institution stated.
“The current development in curiosity of digital belongings equivalent to bitcoin (BTC), development of stablecoin volumes and the promise of central financial institution digital currencies (CBDCs), have potential to considerably alter the foreign money panorama,” wrote Andrew Peel, Morgan Stanley’s head of digital asset markets.
U.S. financial coverage, mixed with using financial sanctions, have pressured some nations to search for alternate options to the greenback, Peel stated, including {that a} “clear shift in direction of lowering dollar-dependency is clear, concurrently fueling curiosity in digital currencies equivalent to bitcoin, stablecoins, and CBDCs.”
