Abit glib to call it hyped when the US has started multiple wars to protect the petrodollar. Trying to do business any other way puts targets on whole countries, much less the speaker and their family. Many attempts were made in the middle east and Africa to make that change, and those people and governments were wiped out.

While the argument can be made for it's economic effect and power today vs 20 years ago, I don't think it was overhyped then.

I'm a Brit and we've done business other ways for centuries without issues. At least not issues due to using pounds rather than dollars. Who got wiped out?