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Brazil Says BRICS To Pause Unified Currency Push

Brazil announces that it decided not to press forward with a common BRICS currency this year, marking a different path during the country’s leadership in the bloc for 2025.

Rather than unveiling a new shared currency, the Brazilian government is focused on strengthening cross-border payment systems and exploring technologies designed to lower transaction costs. These moves may not fulfill the promise of a new unit of exchange, but they could nudge international trade away from near-total reliance on what President Donald Trump has famously described as the “mighty US dollar.”

Among the ideas on the table are blockchain solutions and new ways of linking national payment platforms, guided in part by standards from the Bank for International Settlements. Brazil is already attracting international attention for Pix, its instant payments platform launched in late 2020, though Pix currently has no direct correlation with credit giants such as Visa or Mastercard.

Brazil’s local currency payment system, established through agreements with Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, aims to process transactions in Brazilian reais rather than dollars. Adoption, however, has remained limited, partly because final settlement can take up to three business days. One policy goal is to marry the system’s local-currency features with instant payment tools like Pix.

The initiative comes against the backdrop of strong warnings from and tense relations with Washington. Twice in recent months, Trump took to social media to assert that any attempt to supplant the dollar’s dominance would be met with steep tariffs.

Despite such rhetoric, Brazilian officials insist there is no current effort to remove the dollar from its central role in international reserves, nor is there any intention to provoke the US. According to one official, the focus is on removing the “friction” from global trade rather than challenging American monetary supremacy.

As Brazil assumes the rotating BRICS presidency, these practical solutions overshadow the earlier fanfare about a single currency. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva still defends the BRICS nations’ right to explore trade options that do not make them “fully dependent on the dollar,” but he has stepped back from earlier talk of a brand-new medium of exchange.

Government sources say the upcoming BRICS summit in July will emphasize technology, speed, and financial inclusion—issues more likely to gain broad support within the bloc than a major challenge to the world’s reserve currency.

Any reforms in the BRICS group will also need to account for the diversity of its members. Originally formed by Brazil, Russia, India, and China, the bloc later added South Africa, and it has recently welcomed Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.


Information for this briefing was found via Reuters and the sources mentioned. The author has no securities or affiliations related to this organization. Not a recommendation to buy or sell. Always do additional research and consult a professional before purchasing a security. The author holds no licenses.

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