perspectiveCriminal dollars, Trump’s crypto trapdoor, and Dalek solicitorsThere has been much speculation in financial circles that the White House’s erratic policymaking, random tariffs, and general shoot-from-the-hip approach could undermine the global role of the dollar, which could perhaps be replaced by the euro. Particularly at a time of high inflation, when a non-interest-bearing form of money is losing value all the time. “As a result of President Trump’s maximum pressure campaign and increasing isolation from the global financial system, the Iranian regime is running out of places to hide,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “It used to be that corresponding banks in the US block transactions involving crypto (fiat for buying crypto). “Iran’s government maintains extensive control over the country’s financial system, including cryptocurrency infrastructure,” concluded Chainalysis in an analysis published earlier this year.