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Bitcoin coin placed over US dollar note symbolizes digital vs traditional currency.

Dollar-backed stablecoins, neo-mercantilist regime, and energy constraints. Implications for digital assets and investment strategies

Dollar-backed stablecoins have become a dual-use instrument of U.S. economic power, extending the dollar's reach into markets where correspondent banking is weak or blocked while giving Washington new control points over issuers, reserves, and token freezes. Key data shows 90-98% of the stablecoin market is dollar-denominated, with Tether holding ~$141 billion in U.S. Treasury exposure,…

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Detailed view of an industrial plumbing system featuring multiple pressure gauges and steel pipes.

Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) in the Context of European Disengagement from Russian Oil/Gas and Global Oil Demand Reduction: Quantitative Strategic Assessment

The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) — a 4,128 km project linking Nigerian gas fields (Warri region) through Niger to Algeria’s Hassi R’Mel hub, with onward connection to European markets via existing Algerian infrastructure — represents a geostrategic diversification play for Europe amid categorical reduction of Russian fossil fuel dependence (oil imports down to <3-5% of…

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Comment la Russie cherche à contrecarrer l’influence française en Afrique grâce à l’architecture financière A7

L'Afrique est depuis longtemps un échiquier géopolitique où les puissances mondiales déploient leurs stratégies. La France, avec son héritage colonial et ses liens économiques profonds, a maintenu une influence significative, notamment à travers le Franc CFA. Cependant, un nouvel acteur, la Russie, émerge avec une ambition claire de remodeler cet équilibre. Moscou ne se contente pas…

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