October 23 news, as the BRICS summit opens in Kazan, Russia, cryptocurrency issues have been put on the agenda. Russian lawmakers are promoting the idea that Russian miners can sell their tokens to international buyers, and domestic buyers can use Bitcoin and other crypto markets to pay for imported goods, effectively bypassing Western sanctions. Richard Wolf, a retired professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, commented on this situation, stating that the BRICS alliance is surpassing the already peaked United States. The United States is on the decline and is trying to maintain its international dominance.