Everyone Is Talking About De-Dollarization, Is There Anything To It?

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🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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On today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at shifting geopolitical alignments, honing in on French President Macron’s recent visit to China, China’s war games in the South China Sea and the growing de-dollarization narrative. Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M= Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8 Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW - “The Breakdown” is written, produced and narrated by Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Michele Musso and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsor today is “Foothill Blvd” by Sam Barsh. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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0:00.0	In the wake of one of the most tumultuous years in crypto history, the conversations happening at Consensus
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1:03.2	What's going on, guys? It is Monday, April 10th, and today we are discussing the latest in geopolitics and how much there really is behind all of these discussions of de-dollarization.
1:09.4	Before we get into that, a quick note. There are two ways
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1:28.4	the show. All right, friends, happy Monday. Hope you had a great Easter weekend. Hey, listen, I have a big
1:34.6	announcement tomorrow, so keep your ears out for that. But for today, this week is beginning pretty
1:40.1	quiet on the crypto front. The FTX bankruptcy estate released a report with not a ton of
1:45.0	new info or things that we didn't know, just more lurid details. No, I would say all in all,
1:50.5	people's heads are definitely on the bigger issues swirling around. Take, for example, a post that
1:55.6	went quite viral over the weekend from Adam Driver on Twitter, whose profile reads, not the Adam Driver from Star Wars.
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