The bulk of these are in regions like Africa and South America, where governments have repeatedly debased national currencies, and prompted their citizens to seek out sturdier assets like Tether’s dollar and gold offerings instead.
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Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
17 Aug. 2026
Look at how much the city had debased this pilgrim in six months, a year.
Creative labor certainly seems to be disappearing as studios experiment with generative AI, and artists and craftspeople are rightly afraid of being further mistreated, devalued, or replaced.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, with inflation surging as Cuba’s currency is increasingly devalued against the dollar, many people are struggling to even pay for food that could later go bad in a blackout.
Since the beginning of the year, the rupiah has depreciated by more than 7%, while rising oil prices and expectations of further US Federal Reserve interest rate hikes have added pressure on emerging markets.
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,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2026
As for how the yen depreciated, Japan's comparatively low interest rates have remained a key factor weighing on the currency.
That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.
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Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
19 Aug. 2026
Traffic on the critical waterway, through which one-fifth of global crude oil typically flows, has reduced to a trickle since the war started in February.
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