Cyrus Janssen: BRICS Launches New Payment System in 185 Countries

If you blinked, you might have missed it. While Western headlines were dominated by the usual political theater and market fluctuations, a seismic shift in the global financial architecture quietly took place in 2025. The BRICS alliance, in a move that analysts will likely point to as a historic turning point, launched a new payment system with a staggering reach: 185 countries. The goal? To facilitate international trade using the Chinese renminbi (RMB), effectively bypassing the US dollar. This isn’t just a minor policy adjustment; it’s a direct challenge to the decades-long dominance of the US dollar as the world’s…