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GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91| GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91|

Geopolitics

Atlantic Council: The CBDC Tracker and Geopolitical Lens on Crypto Policy

The Atlantic Council's CBDC Tracker — the most cited monitoring tool for central bank digital currencies globally — and its GeoEconomics Center have made it the leading think tank for the geopolitical dimensions of digital finance.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 7 min read

Chatham House: Digital Assets, Geopolitics, and the International Affairs Lens

Chatham House — the Royal Institute of International Affairs — applies its international affairs expertise to digital assets, connecting crypto regulation to sanctions, financial crime, and the geopolitics of monetary sovereignty.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 7 min read

De-Dollarization and BRICS Digital Currency: Tokenization's Geopolitical Dimension

BRICS's digital currency ambitions — the 'Unit' token, mBridge, BRICS Pay — represent the most significant geopolitical challenge to dollar hegemony since Bretton Woods. Tokenization is the technological layer in a fundamentally political contest.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 9 min read

Multi-Currency CBDC: Project mBridge, Nexus, and the Race to Build Cross-Border Digital Money Infrastructure

Multiple CBDC interoperability projects — mBridge (China/UAE/HK/Thailand), Nexus, Dunbar — are building the infrastructure for central bank digital currencies to move across borders. The geopolitics are as important as the technology.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 8 min read

Tokenization and Dollar Hegemony: Real Threat or Overstated Risk?

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 8 min

US-China Digital Finance Rivalry: The New Geopolitical Battleground

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 8 min
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