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US influence expansion in resource-rich Central Asia and the Caucasus is a multi-year competition with Russia and China over critical minerals (uranium, copper, rare earths) and payment rails. As the US pushes bilateral deals, regional sovereigns increasingly seek neutral settlement layers — a structural, slow-burn demand driver for Bitcoin and stablecoin infrastructure, not a 24-hour trade.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Uzbekistan to seek a stronger Central Asia partnership, with American businesses expected to sign deals with regional companies.

Rubio's Uzbekistan Trip Comes With US Business Deals Attached

Rubio's Tashkent trip quietly reignites the 'Crypto Silk Road' — Uzbekistan's state-backed mining and tokenization push could become the first US-aligned crypto corridor in Central Asia.