Bretton Woods


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Why the Bretton Woods Committee Is Optimistic About Blockchain Technology

“Money Reimagined” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warren are joined by Bretton Woods Committee Chair William C. Dudley and Commonsense Ventures Co-founder Deepika Sharma for an exclusive conversation about a new brief published by the Bretton Woods Committee on positive use cases for blockchain technology. The panel discusses how digital finance could transform financial services, touching on data privacy, low-cost transactions, and more.

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Marchés

Bitcoin: Gold 2.0? Try Reserve Asset 3.0

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is beginning to send ripples through the global economy that could lead to a new monetary system.

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Analyses

America's Quiet Default

Seizing Russian holdings of American debt risks the role of the U.S. in the international system and opens the door to gold and bitcoin.

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Juridique

Credit Suisse Strategist Says We're Witnessing Birth of a New World Monetary Order

"Money" will never be the same again after the Ukraine war, writes Zoltan Pozsar, and bitcoin may be a beneficiary.

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Vidéos

Bitcoin as Digital Gold?

This Sunday, Aug. 15, will be the 50th anniversary of the end of the Bretton Woods currency system, when then-President Richard Nixon ended the dollar’s convertibility to gold. Half a century later, the emergence of cryptocurrencies begs the question: what is the dollar worth?

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Marchés

50 Years After Bretton Woods, the US Dollar's Throne Is in Play

The greenback's share of world reserves is dropping steadily. The euro, yuan and bitcoin are all in the running to pick up the slack.

U.S. President Richard Nixon took the U.S. dollar off the gold standard in 1971.

Marchés

Crypto Won't Be Money Until IRS Accepts It for Taxes, Top Forex Strategist Says

The greenback has something else going for it cryptocurrencies don't: the bond market, notes Marc Chandler.

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Marchés

A New ‘Bretton Woods’ Moment?

The IMF has said it’s time to re-evaluate the global economic order, but what does that really mean?

English economist John Maynard Keynes, center

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