Rubio Says US-India Trade Deal Close to Final

The signal matters more than the substance here: a top US official putting a timeline on an India deal implies the political window is narrowing, not widening. For crypto and RWA markets, the relevance is indirect but real — a bilateral pact of this scale would likely reset cross-border settlement and digital-asset treatment between two of the largest trading blocs, and India's regulatory posture has been a persistent overhang. What's missing is any detail on scope, so whether digital services or financial-market access sit inside the agreement remains the open question worth watching.