Iran's obol

Stablecoins buy safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz

Apr 3 • Jess Hoversen

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March 2026

Yuan-a pay in dollars?

How China domesticated the dollar

Mar 27 • Jess Hoversen

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Great powers have great currencies

Review: Money Beyond Borders by Barry Eichengreen

Mar 17 • Sean Satterthwaite

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Not dead yet

Is a petrodollar worth a dime anymore?

Mar 12 • Jess Hoversen

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Dollars and strikes

An examination of the dollar following U.S. military strikes

Mar 4 • Jess Hoversen

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February 2026

An infinitely more terrible instrument

A brief and incomplete history of economic statecraft

Feb 26 • Jess Hoversen

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Back to the futures

Learning from China’s iron ore futures to secure USD pricing power in rare earths

Feb 19 • Jess Hoversen

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Red herring

Why Sec. Bessent shouldn't get distracted by crypto in China

Feb 10 • Jess Hoversen

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Rial-ity check

Reconstructing Iran's chaotic exchange rate system

Feb 4 • Jess Hoversen

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January 2026

The euro in the thunderdome

How Europe might try to globalize its common currency

Jan 27 • Jess Hoversen

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Stable-ization

What the death of Ecuador’s sucre can tell us about the future of stablecoins

Jan 20 • Jess Hoversen

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414 barriers to doing business in Venezuela

The state of the sanctions program and options for the dollar

Jan 12 • Jess Hoversen

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