We are truly living in unprecedented times
When we all thought world is going to heal soon after 2 unimaginably painful years with the pandemic striking and affecting millions of people, world has already started to move on the next big issue - Geopolitics and War .
US,EU Led NATO and Russia and its allies are engaged in a war which , for all practical reasons has just started now and which is going to have long term implications.
Different ways of War
We are living in an era where war mainly happens on the information and perception front , Economic front and what we traditionally term as war that happens on the battlefield is the last step.
One of the most underrated development which many of us seems to not focused much but which may have a huge bearing is the US,EUâs sanctions on Russiaâs Central bank and freezing their assets and also removing Russia from SWIFT (which is currently the main international payment gateway)
Whatâs the way out in such cases ? - Crypto ?
One must wonder what must have been the thought process of Russia before deciding to strike Ukraine? Surely they must have planned for all the sanctions and one of the options might have been developing an alternate payment system.
Foreshadowing the possibility of stricter economic sanctions, Russia has already started building its alternative payment system called SPFS. Similarly,China also launched its own version of payments systems called Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) to internationalise the use of Yuan. Both countries are also exploring options to adopt these alternative models in their respective banking systemsâŚ
Read more at: Cutting Russia off SWIFT could accelerate Beijing-Moscow alternative payments system | Deccan Herald
Cryptos are Surging from last couple of days
While whatâs going to happen in the medium to long run is anybodyâs guess, Whatâs happening in the short run is fascinating. Crypto currencies have started surging as it is very likely that russian funds are heading towards Crypto and as a consequence we may see many governments start to recognise the use case of cryptos as a form of exchange between countries (maybe a better version of cryptos - Central Bank Digital Currency)