The Economic D-Day That Isn't: What Iran-Oman Trade Reveals About the Failure of Financial Borders

Tehran announced a finalized preferential trade agreement with Muscat last week, framed by Iranian officials as a decisive step toward breaking the financial siege. Meanwhile, Washington called its own pressure campaign an "economic D-Day." Two conflicting narratives, one region. And somewhere in the middle, a question the blockchain industry has been dancing around for years: if the global financial system can be weaponized at will, what exactly are we building alternatives for?