Russian Economist Confirms: BRICS Currency Is Almost Ready

dedollarization and the introduction of a BRICS basket currency

When trade happens in many different currencies, you have high costs of arbitrage of exchange rates between countries. When approaching dedollarization, central banks and countries need to simultaneously consider the fluctuations of national currencies of different countries.

Collectively, BRICS countries encompass over 40% of the world’s population and account for roughly 26% of the world’s GDP, representing a substantial share of global trade.

Gold & Silver Bars of the Atocha

According to historical records there were 1,038 silver bars, 160 gold bas and discs and over 255,000 silver coins, mostly consisting of “pieces of eight”. These coins were minted in the Americas and used as a global trade currency during the era.  The silver coins had been hand-stamped at mints in Potosí, Lima, La Plata, Mexico City and Santa Fe de Bogotá.