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What will replace it as the reserve currency? The other options are not particularly strong. In fact, the COVID situation has only made the dollar stronger (as a reserve currency).

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/29/why-the-us-dollar-is-still-c...

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China is the obvious answer, but I have this feeling that some sort of synthetic currency (not bitcoin) will be created to fill the void.

Unlikely that the yuan will be the reserve currency unless China makes major reforms. They seem to be headed in the opposite direction, so I don't think this is likely in the near future. Long-term (50-100 years) it definitely could be, though, assuming China democratizes at some point.

I’d guess the Euro in the short term and the Yuan in the longer term.

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