Recently, according to Bloomberg reports, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the State Department, and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation are discussing what appears to be a technical plan: promoting the wider use of dollar-denominated digital tokens overseas, and even considering the establishment of joint ventures with private companies to support the implementation of related projects, in order to solidify the dollar's position as a reserve asset and maintain demand for U.S. Treasury bonds amid global debates about de-dollarization. On the same timeline, on September 24, 2026, according to Jinse Finance, Meta announced at the Connect annual conference the expansion of its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses product line, launching the first Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses, which do not have a camera and focus on audio and voice interaction, while also releasing a third generation of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses that retain shooting and recording capabilities, embedding the Muse assistant into them, thus making wearable devices a genuine gateway to everyday digital life. Both reports, derived from a single source, reflect a longer storyline: amidst ongoing controversies regarding privacy, compliance, and boundaries of power, the U.S. is simultaneously attempting to extend its monetary dominance with a "digital dollar" and redefine global everyday scenarios with smart glasses and AI assistants, with the dimensions of currency and technology becoming two intertwined main lines of U.S. influence.
Rumors of the Dollar Going Overseas: Washington Plans Cryptocurrency Tokens
Following this "digital dollar" storyline upstream leads us straight to Washington. Recently, multiple Chinese media have cited a single source from Bloomberg reporting that the U.S. government is exploring an ambitious idea: promoting the use of cryptocurrency tokens pegged to the dollar overseas, allowing them to serve as a "digital version of the dollar" in broader cross-border transactions and capital flows. The narrative in the reports is not abstract; instead, the chain of events is laid out in specific detail—led by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in conjunction with the State Department and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), discussions are underway on how to overlay such dollar-denominated cryptocurrency tokens onto existing foreign financial tools, making them a new lever to reinforce the dollar's reserve status.
In terms of operational pathways, the scheme cited by Bloomberg shows a distinctive Washington style: rather than being directly issued by the government, it considers forming joint ventures with private companies to support the implementation of dollar-denominated cryptocurrency projects in specific overseas markets, with market-based entities responsible for the technology and product forms, while government agencies provide policy endorsement and development financial support. This design not only avoids direct clashes with the existing financial order but also has the opportunity to integrate the "digital dollar," already widely circulated in cryptocurrency transactions and certain cross-border payments, into its own geopolitical narrative. It is important to emphasize that all of this remains at the stage of "under consideration" and "in research," with no public policy documents, timelines, or signed lists of companies available, but the goals outlined in the reports reveal that Washington is concerned not merely with some new type of cryptocurrency tool, but also with extending the dominant status of the dollar as a global reserve asset through digital dollars, and over the long term, stabilizing and even strengthening overseas investors' demand for U.S. Treasury bonds.
A Digital Counterattack of Dollars Amidst De-dollarization Headwinds
In the years of rising discussions about "de-dollarization," a familiar geopolitical finance script is being rewritten. Some countries emphasize settling trade in local or other currencies to reduce dependence on the dollar, yet according to a single source from Bloomberg, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the State Department, and the DFC are now studying how to send dollar-denominated on-chain accounting tools overseas, treating them as a new carrier to extend the dollar's status as a reserve asset. On the surface, this is a choice of technological route; in essence, it responds to the headwinds: while the dollar firmly occupies the central position of the world's primary reserve and settlement currency, the U.S. is attempting to consolidate this advantage with a more flexible, more penetrating "digital dollar," allowing the rhetoric of de-dollarization to continue clashing with the reality of dollarization at the levels of actual payment and asset allocation.
This digital dollar is not an entirely new concept. In recent years, it has become deeply embedded in cryptocurrency asset trading, certain cross-border transfers, and offshore dollar flows, becoming a "digital dollar" wallet that users can access globally. Today, if such a tool spreads spontaneously from private sectors and the market, upgrading to an official overseas project endorsed by Washington—through forming joint ventures with private companies—existing network effects in the cryptocurrency market and cross-border payment scenarios will immediately transform into an overflow influence of the dollar, accelerating the reintegration of more economies' routine settlement, financing, and reserve behaviors back into the dollar system.
However, from the dimensions of regulation and geopolitics, this overseas venture is not without cost. Once it overlaps with the existing sanction systems, anti-money laundering rules, and cross-border capital flow regulations, dollar-denominated on-chain tools are likely to become a new battleground: the U.S. can continue to refine control over the flow of funds through standards and compliance interfaces, while other countries will be wary of further erosion of their monetary sovereignty, fearing being locked into options by the "digital dollar" at crucial financial security nodes. For countries willing to exchange for convenience and financing channels, this presents a technological dividend with political added conditions; for countries trying to escape dollar influence, it may represent another more subtle, more difficult-to-escape path of dollarization. This digital dollar counterattack will ultimately find a new balance between the vigilance of other countries and the realities of convenience.
No Camera on the Face: Meta's Privacy Testing Ground
As the U.S. redraws financial boundaries with "digital dollars" on a monetary level, the competition for portals into daily life is quietly unfolding. According to a single source report by Jinse Finance, on September 24, 2026, Meta announced at the Connect annual conference the expansion of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses product line: on one hand, a third generation of smart glasses that retain photography and recording functions, and on the other hand, the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, which removes the camera for the first time, retaining only audio and voice interaction. More critically, Meta integrates the Muse assistant function across the entire smart glasses line, allowing users to "speak into the air," with AI providing answers or instructions in their ear, transforming the arm of the glasses into an invisible dialogue terminal.
Removing the camera while retaining the microphone and AI is a clear engineering response to privacy controversies. Over the past few years, the use of smart glasses in public spaces has continuously triggered regulatory and public sensitivities: the lens that could be activated at any moment is viewed as an object that disrupts social boundaries, making wearers both consumers and potential "mobile surveillance nodes." In such an atmosphere, Ray-Ban Meta Audio compresses the perception capability of "face-worn devices" to the auditory dimension, allowing users to continue enjoying the convenience provided by wearable audio and voice assistants, while symbolically demonstrating "restraint" in visual capture, striving for greater acceptability for smart glasses in overseas markets. For regulators, this reduces the most intuitive invasive evidence, while for ordinary users, it shifts the fear from "being photographed" to a more ambiguous "being heard," thereby rendering smart glasses a wearable testing ground for U.S. tech companies to explore privacy boundaries, gauge various countries' emotions, and test the limits of regulations.
Muse Assistant Worn on Glasses: Accelerated Personal AI Integration
According to a single source report by Jinse Finance, when Meta expanded the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses product line at the Connect conference on September 24, 2026, it directly incorporated the Muse assistant into them, enabling users to interact with the AI assistant via voice. This means the interaction process that previously required taking out a phone and calling out to a speaker or earphones is now condensed into a small frame stuck to the face: while walking, riding, or waiting in line, a soft word is all it takes, and Muse can overlay information, memory, and decision suggestions wherever the user's gaze lands. Smart glasses, positioned close to the user's sight and hearing, also possess the feature of being worn almost all day; AI transitions from being a "portable device" to a "personal device," no longer just a tool in the pocket, but rather a digital shadow that follows behind the body's senses in real time.
Compared to the paths of traditional giants like Apple and Google, Meta's choice is particularly direct. Apple scatters Siri across iPhones, headphones, and watches, while Google extends Google Assistant via smartphones and smart speakers in homes, with their AI entry points still revolving around "personal terminals" and "home spaces," where users largely interact in controllable environments through clear operational actions. Meta, however, puts Muse in public spaces: Ray-Ban Meta Audio smart glasses remove cameras but retain and enhance audio and voice capabilities, while the third-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses continue to provide photography and recording functions. These two product lines pave the way for Muse—one responsible for listening, the other for seeing. When such glasses appear in subways, shopping malls, and streets, every glance and murmured word by wearers could be converted into analysable environmental data and behavioral clues, making it difficult for those around to discern whether they have been incorporated into an algorithm model. Regulators will inevitably question how this data is collected, how it is stored, who uses it, and whether the algorithms possess sufficient transparency; meanwhile, Meta will be testing various countries' tolerance thresholds for "personal AI," contending for the next AI entry point, while also compelling society to redefine what constitutes observation, recording, and analysis in public spaces. From this moment on, the contention surrounding "who controls the entry, who sets the boundaries" has shifted from smartphone screens to seemingly ordinary pairs of glasses.
Promoting Dollars While Selling Glasses: The Dual Lines of American Influence
When the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the State Department, and the DFC are discussing how to let dollar-denominated on-chain tokens "go overseas," according to a single source from Bloomberg, and Meta is expanding the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses product line at the Connect conference, embedding Muse assistants into every seemingly ordinary pair of glasses, the extension of American influence is clearly drawn into two battle lines: one crosses through the global financial system, continuing to consolidate reserve currency and U.S. Treasury demand in the digital form of dollars; the other infiltrates daily life scenes, selling wearable and AI interactive products in global markets, contending for user perception, data, and time. The dollar in its currency form provides a "digital dollar" carrier for cross-border transactions and reserves, while American tech products in their data form collect, process, and analyze information in streets, offices, and homes, together forming a matrix of influence extending from settlement levels to the gateways of life.
Disputes are also accumulating simultaneously across both battle lines: dollar-denominated digital tools are seen as scalpels extending U.S. dominance, raising anxieties regarding other countries' monetary sovereignty and financial security; the use of smart glasses in public spaces touches upon red lines of personal privacy and data rights, forcing regulators in various countries to answer "what kind of personal AI constitutes legal observation." In the latter half of 2026, amidst the global debates on de-dollarization and tightening privacy regulations, the U.S. is exploring how to create space for digital dollars within international rules while simultaneously testing the tolerances of various countries regarding data collection and algorithmic black boxes with smart glasses. The future direction will depend on whether a domestic policy consensus can be formed in the U.S., whether regulatory boundaries can be coordinated among countries, and how overseas governments and ordinary users choose to accept, transform, or impose strict limits on dollar digital tools and U.S. hardware entry points.
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