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Pluralistic: Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world (11 Feb 2026)


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  • Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world: Recapturing $24t worth of transactions from Visa/Mastercard.
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on February 11, 2026Categories UncategorizedTags abraham newman, cbdc, Christine Lagarde, digital euro, digital sovereignty, dollar clearing, ecb, epi, eu, europa, european payments initiative, finance, forex, henry farrell, mastercard, monnet, payment processing, payment sovereignty, post-american world, underground empire, visa, weaponized dollars, wero1 Comment on Pluralistic: Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world (11 Feb 2026)

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