Do you think BRICS countries might opt to use Bitcoin for international trade or even as a replacement for the US Dollar? Will they simply exchange local currencies OR will they develop something new? ( Something that can be controlled by them?)
It's an interesting combination of countries...Though we all know which are the two powerhouses, and what their ethos generally is. Control and centralization are a big part of the Chinese and Russian ethos. Using Bitcoin? Unlikely, especially if the US is planning to profit from ETFs and EDX markets (pretty much a US government/corporation sponsored exchange).
I think, since China already have the Digital Yuan and India have a strong developer community in big name projects (like Polygon), the option that makes most sense is that a native cryptocurrency/"stable" blockchain will be created for international trade, with some sort of backing (like Gold, considering China and Russia have a TON of gold in comparison to other nations).
Simple question - can anyone confirm gold reserves in Russia and China?
I will answer:
1. China has classified all information about gold reserves, volumes, structure, etc. Therefore, what is publicized is only words.
2. Russia, being a pariah country with a degenerating economy, sells gold and ... constantly lies about everything. From its "greatness" to ... yes yes, gold reserves.
So, I would definitely not use this information as a basis for any conclusions.
Both of these countries keep a lot of their economic and nation data confidential. In addition, if the US knew how much gold both of these nations held, they would have no incentive to publish this data either. Why? It might be an indicator that these nations are economically more stable/potentially more powerful than the US. Gold is a key indicator of a nations wealth, and if you think that neither of these nations have near as much/more gold than China/Russia just because the data isn't available, you'd be naive. China have used credit a lot more efficiently than the US or other countries, it is only logical to assume that they'd have been accumulating gold from wherever possible during the era where the US's dominance is becoming increasingly uncertain.
While the information and logic can't be used as a basis for any conclusions, this goes both ways.
To answer point 2, every country lies. I wouldn't be too quick to jump at Russia for being greater liars than every other country...the US as one example, is also built on lies. I don't think there is a measure for which country lies more than another, none are innocent, none are more honest than any other. Some are more obvious in that they lie, though that doesn't mean better liars are lying less.
Let's assume your assumptions are correct. Then I can also say that China and Russia are hiding their real gold and foreign exchange reserves - this is being done in order not to show how much weaker they really are than the United States
Or are we not considering this option? I know one thing - if someone is hiding something, it means that it is important for him that TRUE INFORMATION does not become publicly available. Well, again - if we take your assumption as logical, then it turns out that China and Russia are hiding their reserves so as not to show that the USA is WEAKER? ! But at the same time, the state propaganda of China and Russia is trying its best to prove this, which means that it is enough to show real gold reserves and simply show the “helplessness” of the United States, and without fabulous propaganda. Those. your assumption turns out to be contrary to reality, given that China and Russia have been opposing themselves to the West and, first of all, the United States over the past years, or even decades.
Regarding lies and Russia, everything is simple here. Lies are the basis of Russia's "greatness". And as the last 2 years have shown, Roshisi’s “fairy tales” about her greatness, power, army are... FAKE! And about the stable economy, the West’s dependence on Russia, about the strongest Russian army in the world, about Russia’s unparalleled weapons and technologies - you probably yourself know how many years we’ve all been told. But, I repeat once again, it all turned out to be fake. This means that Russia has been LIEING all these years. I lied to myself, to the world, to my citizens