Archive - Currency of Power

Barrels to Bytes

AI infrastructure and stablecoins are creating a modern petrodollar system

Nov 29 •

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Marieke Flament

Currency of Power: From a Single Article to a Movement

Money, Code, and the Struggle for Control in a Debased World

Nov 27 •

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Marieke Flament

The Unspoken Bretton Woods

Europe’s last chance to shape global money

Nov 7 •

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Marieke Flament

October 2025

Debasement and Opportunity

Europe has a chance to build monetary leadership in a shifting global order

Oct 24 •

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Marieke Flament

Tokenised Deposits: What the World Can Learn from the UK

The UK is forcing banks to modernise by putting deposits on blockchain rails

Oct 9 •

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Marieke Flament

September 2025

The Euro’s Origins and Stablecoin Challenge

Why the euro lags the dollar and how stablecoins could help

Sep 26 •

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Marieke Flament

The Summer That Changed Everything

Stablecoins have now moved from crypto curiosity to monetary statecraft

Sep 10 •

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Marieke Flament

July 2025

The Fourth of July Crisis: Hour by Hour

A speculative timeline: How stablecoin collapse could bring down the global financial system

Jul 30 •

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Marieke Flament

Could Stablecoins Trigger the Next Financial Crisis?

And why Europe needs a vibrant euro stablecoin ecosystem to prevent contagion

Jul 22 •

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Marieke Flament

Could a Consortium of European Banks Solve the Euro Stablecoin Problem?

Consortium governance will decide whether European banks can build a viable euro stablecoin

Jul 16 •

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Marieke Flament

The Retail Solution for Euro Stablecoins

Why Europe's digital currency future depends on retailers, not issuers

Jul 8 •

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Marieke Flament

The New Money Stack: Europe's Digital Currency Choice

Why Europe needs both CBDCs and stablecoins to compete

Jul 1 •

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Marieke Flament

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