Global Nodes & Geopolitical Finance
How currencies, institutions and financial infrastructure distribute power across borders.
Who sets the conditions under which money moves?
- 01Trade, currencies and monetary power
- 02Financial access and cross-border constraints
- 03Digital money and the infrastructure of settlement
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Key concepts
All 15 entriesDollar
Here, Dollar means the US dollar: the United States' currency and a widely used unit for international prices, payments, borrowing and reserves.
Reserve Currency
A reserve currency is a currency held by central banks or monetary authorities as part of foreign-exchange reserves, often through deposits and securities denominated in it.
CBDC
A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, is a digital form of central bank money intended for eligible users, whether the public or specified financial institutions.
Stablecoin
A stablecoin is a crypto asset designed to track a reference value. In global finance, currency-linked stablecoins can carry a monetary unit across new payment networks.
Tokenization
Tokenization is the representation of an asset or a set of rights as a digital token recorded on a programmable ledger.