Coffee's on. Big board today: Baghdad is trying to collect six million weapons while the Iran-backed factions drag their feet, Rubio is out front on disarmament, the Kurds are already knocking on the door for their 2027 budget share, and — quietly — real banks started settling money on a blockchain for the first time. Here's the drop.
Iraq & the Dinar
- Iraq to collect 6 million weapons despite pushback from Iran-backed militias — Yahoo News
- Al-Mada reveals: the weapons deadline is buying time — the factions didn't agree — Independent Press Agency (Mustaqila)
- Rubio: militias must be disarmed to avoid Iraq's "Balkanization" — Shafaq News
- Kurdistan Region delegation begins Baghdad talks on 2027 budget share — Kurdistan24
- British report: Iraq faces a new phase of partnership with Washington after the military withdrawal — Iraqi News Agency (INA)
- Oil sector talks for the Iraqi PM in New York — Iraq Business News
- Iraq recovers $13 million from funds seized in French banks — Iraqi News Agency (INA)
The Reset & Money on the Move
- UK banks just moved money on blockchain for the first time ever — CoinCentral
- Venezuelan bolívar — what changed? Western Union is now processing bolívar transactions — GP Q on X
Oil, Energy & the Wider Board
- Bessent says US agreed to extend the China trade deal through Jan. 10 — The Epoch Times
- Pezeshkian lashes out in UN speech: "the nuclear bombs are in Israel, but the inspectors are sent to Iran" — ZeroHedge
- Aramco CEO eyes "fourth & fifth" oil export routes to break the Hormuz chokehold — ZeroHedge
- US diesel craters, EU prices skyrocket as Politico reports the White House is preparing a 90-day export-ban plan — ZeroHedge
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