50 BRICS Countries to Ditch the US Dollar by Integrating New Payment System

• BRICS expansion signals a major shift towards de-dollarization, posing significant economic challenges for the U.S.
• The integration of blockchain in the new BRICS payment system could redefine global finance, but challenges remain.

Following recent CNF updates highlighting that about 50 nations have expressed interest in the BRICS alliance ahead of the upcoming summit in October. Currently, the BRICS alliance—comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—has been steadily advancing its de-dollarization efforts, rejecting the U.S. dollar as a global reserve currency and moving away from Western-controlled payment systems like SWIFT.

With the recent inclusion of countries such as Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, BRICS now represents over 40% of the world’s population and controls a significant portion of global oil production and critical minerals. Given this shared interest, with BRICS entrenched in an anti-West position, the U.S. economy faces a “dire” economic path that could significantly impact its GDP and deficit.

BRICS Payment System: Bitcoin’s Role in Future Finance

Specifically, the 2024 presidential election will yield very different, but radically concerning, fiscal policies. Reiterating a LinkedIn statement from Dr. Andrzej Gwizdalski, Sustainable Web 3 Ecosystem Builder and Co-Founder Chairman of WAWEB3:

The West can’t simply wish away Bitcoin’s global rise. As BRICS may contemplate embracing Bitcoin, Western nations must decide their stance. Do they get ahead of the curve, accepting and integrating Bitcoin into their systems? Or risk sidelining themselves from the future of global finance?

In addition, according to Russia’s Valentina Matviyenko, the BRICS payment system could be one of the main topics of discussion at the summit, as CNF reported. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov recently agreed on record that the BRICS payment system is an important initiative toward its major goal.

We believe that creating an independent BRICS payment system is a crucial goal for the future, one that would be based on state-of-the-art tools such as digital technologies and blockchain. The main objective is to ensure it is convenient for governments, common people, and businesses, as well as cost-effective and free of politics.

However, the transition to Bitcoin for the BRICS payment system is not without challenges. For example, Bitcoin’s transparent ledger might clash with the opaque financial practices of some BRICS nations, raising questions about whether these countries are willing to embrace the incorruptibility of blockchain technology.

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