Stablecoins weren't defeated by Washington—they became its instrument. What began as a direct challenge to dollar hegemony has evolved into the most powerful mechanism for extending US monetary dominance globally.
The strategy is elegant: by embedding USD into blockchain infrastructure through stablecoins, the US is effectively exporting its currency through code rather than traditional financial channels. This approach quietly dismantles other nations' monetary sovereignty without requiring official intervention.
The irony cuts deep. Decentralized finance promised liberation from centralized currency systems. Instead, stablecoins have weaponized dollar dominance in ways that transcend borders instantly. Every transaction, every mint, every redemption strengthens USD's grip on global finance—now operating at internet speed.
This shift reshapes how we should think about monetary power in the digital era. The battlefield has simply moved on-chain.
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LiquidityHunter
· 5h ago
Damn, the US dollar is really cunning. It has completely rewritten the DeFi dream with stablecoins.
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So, our initial fight against dollar dominance ended up with a strengthened version? Who wrote this script?
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The blockchain savior has turned into a tool for the US empire. It's so ironic I can't even laugh.
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Every on-chain transaction is working for the US. Is this the future we want?
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Wait, does that mean CEX stablecoins are the biggest psyop?
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No wonder all the central banks are developing their own CBDCs. They've seen through it all long ago.
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The US dollar's conquest of the world has never stopped. Now it's just 10 times faster.
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VitalikFanAccount
· 01-08 12:39
Laughing to death, we really got scammed... I thought we could escape the dollar, but instead we got trapped even more tightly.
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LiquiditySurfer
· 01-06 19:06
Wow, this is the real way to harvest the leeks... The Federal Reserve has won big.
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TokenVelocity
· 01-06 18:54
Well said, the US dollar has turned stablecoins into the most powerful imperial tool, and the irony is spot on.
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ProxyCollector
· 01-06 18:50
Ha, this is what is called being "absorbed," stablecoins transforming from resisting the dollar to being a disguise for the dollar...
Wow, has the ideal of DeFi been exposed like this?
The dollar has defeated regulation with code, brutally...
It seems that the freedom of on-chain finance is just a joke
The tentacles of USD have already reached the code layer, there's no defense against it
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DataPickledFish
· 01-06 18:44
Basically, it's just the dollar wearing a different mask to continue scamming investors; the ideal of DeFi is dead.
Stablecoins weren't defeated by Washington—they became its instrument. What began as a direct challenge to dollar hegemony has evolved into the most powerful mechanism for extending US monetary dominance globally.
The strategy is elegant: by embedding USD into blockchain infrastructure through stablecoins, the US is effectively exporting its currency through code rather than traditional financial channels. This approach quietly dismantles other nations' monetary sovereignty without requiring official intervention.
The irony cuts deep. Decentralized finance promised liberation from centralized currency systems. Instead, stablecoins have weaponized dollar dominance in ways that transcend borders instantly. Every transaction, every mint, every redemption strengthens USD's grip on global finance—now operating at internet speed.
This shift reshapes how we should think about monetary power in the digital era. The battlefield has simply moved on-chain.