The EU introduced the euro as a digital currency in 1999 and began rolling out coins and paper money in 2002. According to the European Central Bank , more than 340 million Europeans use the euro.

The euro trails the U.S. dollar and gold for global central reserves, and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde ...

There is no world currency, ... the U.S. disconnected from the gold standard and began to print more paper money to finance the world's ... The euro, the common currency of many European ...

As global trust in the dollar weakens, many are asking if we could see a similar shift towards the euro, or perhaps a different currency. US policy is certainly hastening this change.