Learning Times: Digital currency is gradually becoming an important strategic tool in geopolitical competition

ChainCatcher news, the Learning Times public account hosted by the Central Party School published an article titled "The Wartime Military Functions of Digital Currency," which points out that digital currency is gradually becoming an important strategic tool in geopolitical competition. With the decentralized characteristics of blockchain technology, digital currency can provide advantages such as rapid fund mobilization, anonymous transactions, and evasion of sanctions during wartime, demonstrating military value in various geopolitical conflicts.

Three main military application models of digital currency have emerged globally: "resource tokenization" in resource-rich countries (such as Venezuela's Petro), "decentralized crowdfunding" in small and medium-sized countries, and "on-chain sanctions" in developed countries. The "Defense Blockchain Internal Testing Program" mentioned in the U.S. "Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act" may become an important strategic tool for future "financial defense."

Experts believe that although digital currency faces limitations such as market acceptance and regulatory policies, its militarized applications will continue to develop, potentially breaking through conventional functions in the future and transforming into a multifunctional strategic platform that integrates security assurance, combat support, and digital confrontation.