Allaire: Global economy will depend on the US dollar for 30 to 50 years
Jeremy Allaire · How AI Agents Will Transform the Financial System with Circle Co-Founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire · Apr 9, 2026 · at 5:10
Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire discusses why dollar-backed stablecoins are necessary rather than abandoning fiat currency altogether.
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“Our existing economic system, like, it does depend on really major reserve currencies like the dollar, and my view is, like, that's going to continue for a while maybe 30, 4050 years.”
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