Digital finance is shifting gears. For ten years, the value of a digital asset rested on a promise of appreciation. Since 2024, a new paradigm has taken hold: the value of a tokenized asset is read in its cash flows, rent, interest, coupons—generated by the underlying asset and automatically distributed by smart contracts. RWAs are…
The original Triffin Dilemma (Bretton Woods I) pitted the issuance of international liquidity (USD) against the necessary convertibility into gold, creating a tension between domestic objectives (avoiding inflation) and international objectives (providing reserves). In the Bretton Woods 2.0 framework, the form of this dilemma is rewritten based on strict collateral rules imposed by the GENIUS…