‘Point of No Return:’ BRICS Profiles Native Payments System for a ‘Global Majority’

Sergey Ryabkov, deputy foreign minister of Russia and BRICS Sherpa, reinforced that the BRICS bloc had reached a point of no return in the process of adopting a native and independent payments system. Ryabkov stated that the plans had already been laid out and that states should “run with it.” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: BRICS … Read more

ECB Blog Post Insists This Is ‘Bitcoin’s Last Stand,’ Officials Claim BTC Is Headed Toward ‘Irrelevance’

On Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, a blog post published by the European Central Bank (ECB) discusses bitcoin and the authors Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf seem to believe its “bitcoin’s last stand.” The ECB authors further say that while bitcoin’s price has consolidated and stabilized, the central bank officials remarked that “it is an artificially … Read more