Trump Says Final US Troops Are Withdrawing From Iraq

This is a geopolitical signal rather than a crypto-native event, but it lands in a market already primed to read Middle East risk through an energy lens. The comparison to Afghanistan is the tell: the framing is about orderly exit and confidence in Baghdad, not a security vacuum. For RWA and broader digital-asset desks, the open question is whether a reduced US footprint shifts how regional sovereign and infrastructure-linked assets get priced, and whether Iraq's new government becomes a more active counterparty in tokenized or cross-border settlement discussions. Watch whether the calm holds.