Why Cyberpunk's Night City Uses Eurodollars

Night City, a free city in California, uses Eurodollars rather than U.S. Dollars... Why? That is the question we will try to answer in this video about the lore of the Cyberpunk 2077 universe.

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Attribution

Maastricht Treaty CC BY 2.0 de by Mateus2019
Maastricht city CC BY-SA 3.0 by Arne Hückelheim
Foto Monrovia, Liberia CC BY 2.0 Erik (HASH) Hershman
Photo Yanis Varoufakis, CC-BA- 3.0-de by Olaf Kosinsky
Background music and game images by CD Project Red

Extended description:

To answer the main question, this video first explores what are Eddies are and how they defeated the once mighty U.S. dollar, to become the world reserve currency. This already happened way before Cyberpunk 2077, Cyberpunk 2020 and Cyberpunk Red, created by Mike Pondsmith. Finally, we'll explore why Night City would use this European currency and how it compares to real life counterparts such as Hong Kong, Panama, and Liberia.