Money is not true value, currency is a placeholder for true value that is used to facilitate trade. Rich people are worth less than the profits they extract from coordinating labor. But they extract enough to think they’re still better than those they exploit.
The later NATO gets into the conflict the longer Russia burns themselves out uncontested. If they’re not farming the enemy for resources, as defensive alliances don’t do, then they’ll probably enter the conflict with an overwhelming resource advantage. That’s the strategic angle, and from what I’ve heard NATO hasn’t exactly taken this lying down either.