America’s global power has always been built on controlling networks, money, trade, and communication. But today, those networks are under attack. <br /><br />China’s Belt &amp; Road is building a parallel system, Stablecoins are being weaponized as tools of financial repression, and Bitcoin is emerging as a strategic asset that could flip global finance.<br /><br />Add AI-driven narrative warfare, and we’re entering a battle between centralized control, the Tower and decentralized freedom, the Square. <br /><br />Today, Matthew Pines and I unpack how America’s monetary tech stack is being rebuilt; before it’s too late.<br /><br />Kane McGukin<br />X: <a href="https://twitter.com/kanemcgukin" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://twitter.com/kanemcgukin </a><br /><a href="http://kanemcgukin.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">kanemcgukin.substack.com</a> <br /><br />Matthew Pines<br />X:<a href="https://x.com/matthew_pines" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://x.com/matthew_pines</a><br /><a href="https://www.btcpolicy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.btcpolicy.org/</a><br /><a href="https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/a-global-economic-reordering-us-china-competition-and-bitcoin-as-tool-of-us-statecraft" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/a-global-economic-reordering-us-china-competition-and-bitcoin-as-tool-of-us-statecraft</a>