Treasury’s Bessent Drops Crypto-Clues in Trade Talk Bombshell
Wall Street’s favorite bureaucrat just winked at blockchain’s backdoor potential. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent teased ’breakthrough’ trade mechanisms during today’s closed-door G20 sideline—while somehow avoiding the words ’Bitcoin’ or ’CBDC.’
Insiders report Bessent’s team has been stress-testing cross-border settlement prototypes with... let’s just say ’non-traditional counterparties.’ Because nothing says ’diplomatic progress’ like cutting out correspondent banks.
One anonymous delegate muttered: ’When the suits start talking innovation, check your cold wallet balances.’ Meanwhile, legacy finance keeps pretending SWIFT is ’just fine’ while scrambling for their Chainalysis login.
