The Dollar’s Last Stand? 2025 Tipping Point for Global Currency Collapse

The greenback’s reign is under siege—BRICS nations are dumping Treasuries, central banks stack gold, and Bitcoin hits ATHs as hedge. Here’s why the unthinkable might happen.

The Backroom Mutiny: China’s digital yuan bypasses SWIFT, India trades oil in rupees, and Saudi Arabia flirts with petroyuan deals. The playbook is clear.

Wall Street’s Blind Spot: While analysts obsess over Fed rate cuts, $6.8 trillion sits in shadow reserves ready to bolt from dollar-denominated assets. (Bonus jab: Goldman will still charge 2% fees to ’manage’ the fallout.)

Crypto’s Chaos Dividend: Decentralized stablecoins eat FX markets alive as traders flee to censorship-resistant rails. Tether’s market cap? Just the opening act.

The dollar won’t die—but by December 2025, its ’exorbitant privilege’ could look more like a subprime loan.

Factors Impacting the Dominance of the USD

The spotlight shines on BRICS. This intergovernmental organization, with Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has been pushing for de-dollarization. Several other nations have also joined these efforts to bring down the dollar. These countries aim to reduce their dependence on the US dollar. While the idea of a new currency is underway, they intend to carry out trade settlements in local currencies until then. China’s yuan has been a prominent choice so far.

Along with these countries, major oil exporters like Saudi Arabia and Iran are also thinking about setting their prices in currencies other than the dollar. As an indication of a significant change in confidence, central banks around the world are raising their gold reserves and decreasing their holdings of US dollars.

How are Trump’s Tariffs Boosting De-Dollarization?

It should be noted that when Trump ran for President back in 2024, he vowed to impose tariffs on nations that sidelined the dollar. He had previously stated,

Trump’s tariffs have accelerated de-dollarization, and big financial institutions and investors are now looking for alternatives to the dollar for geopolitical reasons, in addition to governments. A Deutsche Bank analyst said,

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While the fate of the US dollar remains uncertain, efforts to bring it down are being carried out in full swing.