Russian President Vladimir Putin has encouraged BRICS members comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa to embrace cryptocurrencies and other alternative digital currencies in their financial dealings to reduce dependence on the US dollar.
Putin expressed the belief that BRICS and other developing nations can benefit from embracing digital currencies while revealing his intentions to push for the economic bloc to integrate crypto into their daily financial dealings.
The Russian leader made this call at a forum captured by Russian Media outlet, RT, and shared by Brics News on X.
According to him, BRICS member nations will talk about using digital currencies in investment developments. Putin emphasised that BRICS members are not the only ones who will benefit from crypto adoption but other developing and emerging economies as well.
The Kremlin Leader, however, recognised the volatile nature of crypto assets, stating that comprehensive regulations should be established first while highlighting the significance of coming up with a robust framework within the BRICS jurisdiction before dipping into crypto adoption. Aside from the clamour for the use of cryptocurrencies within the BRICS jurisdiction, the BRICS nation presented a new payment platform that will challenge the SWIFT Financial system. This alternative which is known as BRICS PAY was considered a milestone in revolutionising financial transactions among the BRICS members.
BRICS Pay reflects the goals and aspirations of its bloc members to establish a self-reliant economic framework that is free from the control of traditional power structures.
The adoption of cryptocurrencies is becoming quite famous in several countries as the urge to find alternatives to traditional financial systems continues to grow.
Various countries are considering adopting crypto as part of their financial operations with Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) becoming quite popular as well.
CBDCs are digital versions of a nation’s currencies issued by its central Bank. Countries like Russia have announced plans to roll out their CBDCs soon.
So far, Russia and China are the two BRIC nations that have made public their plans to embrace digital currencies although there is a soft ban on crypto in China.
