BRICS, the international organization, is eyeing digital solutions to reduce its dependence on third-party payment systems. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Alexander Babakov proposed creating a single BRICS exchange, where countries of the block would conduct trade and settlements of their products, including raw materials and goods.

Babakov told Ria Novosti that such an organization would bring benefits to the member states, allowing them to stop relying on currencies of adversary countries like the U.S. dollar. Babakov stated that the exchange might allow member states to make payments in national currencies and “even develop their own settlement mechanism based on blockchain and a single virtual currency” and “strengthen the financial sovereignty of our countries.”

Talks of a single, BRICS-wide currency spurred last year. However, the organization pivoted to increase the use of national currencies instead. The move has already reported positive results, with national currency settlements exceeding U.S. dollar payments.

The BRICS bloc, integrated by Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), accounts for a fourth of all the trade conducted, and more than one-third of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). This means the hypothetical exchange would move a relevant part of the world’s trade, disrupting the use of the U.S. dollar.

President Vladimir Putin disclosed that BRICS was already designing and implementing an independent payment system to create “conditions for efficient and independent servicing of the entire foreign trade.” This system could be part of the proposed exchange.

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