The dominance of the U.S. greenback because the linchpin of the worldwide monetary system is being more and more questioned resulting from shifting geopolitical currents and the nation’s rising twin deficits, Wall Avenue 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 latest progress in curiosity of digital property corresponding to bitcoin (BTC), progress 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 international locations to search for options to the greenback, Peel stated, including {that a} “clear shift in direction of decreasing dollar-dependency is obvious, concurrently fueling curiosity in digital currencies corresponding to bitcoin, stablecoins, and CBDCs.”
