Concerns have grown that the dollar's dominance could be declining.scanrail/Getty Images
Welcome back, readers. Some experts say the dollar's dominance is in question — today we're diving into what Goldman Sachs said about the matter. Plus, we'll do a deep dive into the historic Axie Infinity hack.
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A top IMF official warned that the sanctions on Russia could end up chipping away at the dollar's status and noted that some nations are already renegotiating the currencies they use in international trade.
"The dollar would remain the major global currency even in that landscape, but fragmentation at a smaller level is certainly quite possible," Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director at the IMF, told the Financial Times last week.
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