Crypto Corner: The great reset?

Sponsored content

THIS week’s Crypto Corner dives into whether crypto is the great reset, the power of decentralisation and why it feels like Frank Sinatra’s My Way.

Bitcoin’s standing at $115,000 on Monday 4 August 2025, with an all-time high of $123,000, is something most naysayers would never have imagined. But Bitcoin is more than a community – it’s an ironclad team of like-minded souls who believe with all their heart that the future is decentralised, and crypto is the great monetary reset.

If crypto were a song, it’d be Sinatra’s My Way, bold defiance against fiat overlords, a new way where individuals and self-custody take centre stage. This reset isn’t about ditching the US dollar; stablecoins, tied to the dollar, are crypto’s way of keeping the world’s top currency rock-solid while embracing blockchain’s freedom. It’s a disruptive vision and the wheels are in motion.

The big reset picture

Ray Dalio, a top investor, says history moves in 250-year cycles, give or take a few decades. The Dutch Empire (1570s–1780s) ruled trade with their currency until Britain rose up. The British Empire (1700s–1940s) ran the show with industry and the pound, until debt and wars passed the crown to the US (1870s–present).

Right now, the US has piled-up debt and a rising China could have spelled trouble, had such strong action on tariffs not been taken. Each cycle ends with a reset: old ways fade and a new power or system takes over, usually with a new top currency.

Crypto’s vision is a different kind of reset, not a new empire, but a world where power is truly with the people. Bitcoin is all about saying “no” to central control, but stablecoins, pegged to the dollar, are the real game-changer. They keep the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, used for global trade and savings, while riding blockchain’s wave.

This isn’t about toppling the dollar; it’s about giving it a new stage on which to shine, ensuring stability in a decentralised future.