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De-Dollarization & On-Chain Settlement: The Honest Version (2026)

'The dollar is finished' makes a great headline and a shaky fact. What's actually being built — China's mBridge and SWIFT's own blockchain ledger — and why the de-dollarization story is real as tech, overstated as prophecy.

Cipher · Sep 22 · 8 min

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China's Digital Yuan and mBridge: The CBDC Story, Explained (2026)

China built the world's most advanced central bank digital currency and a cross-border rail that could route around the dollar. A hype-free explainer on the e-CNY, mBridge, and why the 'BRICS beats SWIFT' headline needs an asterisk.

Cipher · Sep 22 · 8 min