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BRICS: US Dollar Fails To Enter the Top 5 Strongest Currency List

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Forbes recently updated the top 5 most strongest currencies in the world for 2024 and the US dollar did not make it to the list. Even the local currencies of BRICS countries failed to enter the top 10 list and are below the US dollar. However, oil-rich Middle Eastern currencies dominate the list taking the top 5 spots in the strongest currency list. Also Read: BRICS: Brazil To Incorporate Government Bonds in CBDC Digital Currency Below is the recent list of the top 5 strongest currencies in the world as of September 2024. Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD) Bahraini Dinar (BHD) Omani Rial (OMR) Jordanian Dinar (JOD) Gibraltar Pound (GIP) Source: Forbes Also, the British Pound (GBP) comes close to the fifth spot and is currently sitting in sixth place today. None of the BRICS nations’ currencies nor the US dollar has made it to the top 5 strongest currency list. Therefore, currencies from the Middle East which caters to oil production and exports are the strongest currently. The Kuwaiti dinar has ...

Asked to get a banana, a BAYC owner narrowly avoids a fake Forbes scam

Scammers posing as Forbes journalists have been targeting BAYC holders to set up interviews and distract them while they attempt to steal their apes. A Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) owner says he has managed to avoid a potentially “dreadful day” after being asked to retrieve a banana for a photo from someone they initially believed was interviewing them for Forbes. On Nov. 27, NFT collector ‘Crumz’ detailed his run-in with a scammer  posing as a Forbes journalist. He reported that someone pretending to be Robert LaFanco — a real Forbes editor, contacted him by direct message from an impersonator account with the offer of an interview for a new article about BAYCs.  SCAM ALERT!! I just spent the last 2hours on Zoom with '@Forbes' it was pretty sophisticated and well thought out because I'm usually on high alert but luckily I wasn't caught. Here's what they did. 1/8 — Crumz (@crumz10) November 26, 2023 During the interview, the scammer prompted Crumz to clic...