https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/02/07/does-the-european-central-bank-have-a-lagarde-problem_6501441_23.html
Christine Lagarde is not someone the world Should listen to. She is also the director of the IMF and all the homies hate the IMF:
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/glossary/imf-criticism/
Trump's dismantling of the dollar is happening in real time.
Sounds like the digital euro is coming
Lol. Fuck no, they're talking about scaling iDeal after the recent purchase. Previously it has been specific to the Netherlands but it was bought by the EU, and will likely replace the current payment processor middlemen with its inherently bank-to-bank protocols.
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