As a point of comparison, the "opened floodgates" are so far a <3% takeup of the yuan as a reserve currency; slightly more than use of the Canadian dollar. Almost 60% of the world's reserves are still in US dollars, and more than 20% in euros. In the last ten years the US dollar's share has dropped about 3% and the euro's by about 3.5%, while the yen has gone up about 1.5%, pound has gone up about 1%, Canadian dollar up about 1%, and Australian dollar up about 0.5%. It's frankly not unexpected, as anyone dealing with Russia is essentially frozen out of using all of the other aforementioned currencies.
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