
In a missive posted on the platform X, on the 28th of April, the crypto analyst Ross-a gentleman of no small repute in these circles-declared that the demise of OPEC might well signal a turning point for XRP. He expounded that the petrodollar system, long entwined with OPEC through a 1974 accord with Saudi Arabia, has been the linchpin of the dollar’s global dominion. The arrangement, you see, compelled Saudi Arabia to price and vend its oil exclusively in US dollars, a practice soon emulated by its OPEC brethren. By 1975, the dollar had become the currency of choice for nearly all oil transactions within the group, a state of affairs that has bolstered the dollar’s supremacy for decades.