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Well, exactly. Is the US's influence over swift tied to the dollar or to the fact it's a superpower and has forged these relationships? If we used other currencies wouldn't that be the same situation or are you saying that the dollar's stability is tied directly to swift?

Said another way, if there is a backlash to these frozen accounts, shouldn't it be against swift and for swift alternatives instead of against the dollar?



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