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Re:Coinbase suspending USDC:USD conversions over the weekend by baremetal on Saturday March 11, 2023 @08:05AM (#35107971)
I think he means that the US military has a habit of invading countries who sell oil in currencies other than the US$.

_Libya_

2008 https://www.cfr.org/blog/libya-shunning-dollar (Libya Shunning the Dollar?)

2011 Invaded

_Iraq_

2000 https://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.reut... (U.N. to let Iraq sell oil for euros, not dollars)

2003 invaded

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Re:Coinbase suspending USDC:USD conversions over the weekend by tarsinge on Saturday March 11, 2023 @08:57AM (#35108313)
_Syria_

2006 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006/2/14/syria-picks-euros-o...

No direct invasion but proxy war (lessons learned).

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Re:Coinbase suspending USDC:USD conversions over the weekend by bombolo on Saturday March 11, 2023 @09:18AM (#35108448)
Thanks… at least someone here understands that "a country" and "some guy with a tiny shop" aren't exactly the same thing!
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