Trade, Money & Capital
Traders and Merchant Princes; trade as soft power
How do money and trade help people?
Start with the big picture. Open the sections below to see the evidence and future goals.
Steps toward the future
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- doneCooperativeBitcoin genesis block2009LEVEL 2
- doneCooperativeEU MiCA fully in force; HK and UAE stablecoin regimes live2024–26LEVEL 2
- doneCooperativeBasel SCO60 crypto capital standard in forceJan 2026LEVEL 2
- doneCooperativeJoint SEC–CFTC crypto taxonomy and MOUMar 2026LEVEL 2
- nextCooperativeUS stablecoin law with final rules (GENIUS: 0 of 5 final)effective Jan 2027LEVEL 2
- nextCooperativeDTC tokenized settlement in full productionOct 2026LEVEL 2
- nextCooperativeRemittance cost below 3% (SDG 10.c)6.36% todayLEVEL 2
- plannedCooperativeEMDE clean-energy cost-of-capital gap halved> 2× todayLEVEL 3
- nextCooperativeMajority of FSB jurisdictions with finalised frameworks (11 of 28)LEVEL 2
- plannedCooperativeUS market-structure law enacted (CLARITY)Senate cloture failed Sep 2026LEVEL 3
- plannedCooperativeAgentic payments at scale on stablecoin railsLEVEL 3
- plannedCooperativeUnbanked adults below 500 million1.3B todayLEVEL 3
- farCooperativeStablecoin volume passes card networks; tokenized RWA > $1TLEVEL 4
- farCooperativePatient-capital layer funds decade-horizon science at $1.6T/yr scale; cost-of-capital parityLEVEL 4
- farCooperativeUnified ledger: atomic global settlement, programmable money by defaultLEVEL 4
- farGalacticA neutral global unit of accountLEVEL 4
- farGalacticTrade dependence as the primary instrument of powerLEVEL 4
Action path
This near-term path is shared with the corresponding Cooperative track.
Level 2: final US rules; CSD tokenization in production; FSB majority; market-structure law
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Possible steps
- GENIUS rules final before Jan 18, 2027
- DTC tokenization full launch (Oct 2026)
- FSB count crosses 14 of 28 as MiCA, UK, Japan regimes bite
- CLARITY returns in a new Congress
- Stablecoin rails cut remittance cost toward 3% and bank the next 500M
- Blended and patient capital halves the EMDE cost-of-capital gap; the $1.6T/yr clean build-out gets financed
One settlement layer (a unified ledger) versus fragmented national tokenized systems
Without a US market-structure law, the EU and Asia set the template; US adoption routes through banks and ETPs
What to watch
Final rules count; tokenized RWA outstanding; agentic payment volume; remittance cost; unbanked adults
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