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Something unusual is happening in global currency markets, and most people aren’t paying attention. This week, the Taiwan dollar surged more than 5% in a single day, recording its biggest jump since 1988. At the same time, Asian banks, exporters, and sovereign funds are increasingly trying to bypass the US dollar in their transactions. It’s not a full-blown crisis, yet, but the message is clear: confidence in the US dollar is slipping, and capital is moving.What used to be a slow drift is now turning into something larger. A big paradigm shift is...

The US dollar has been the anchor of the global financial system for decades now. But in recent weeks, market behaviour has started to tell a different story. As President Donald Trump continues to double down on tariffs and policy threats, capital is beginning to move elsewhere. What used to be as the safe haven currency is now treated as a liability. And while investors are losing their confidence in the dollar, the euro is moving in the opposite way. You don’t usually see that outside of wars or financial crises. But now,...