How to position yourself in crypto if the United States were to move in on Iran

Geopolitical events seem to be happening rapidly this week. Following the US military action against Venezuela, world news is currently dominated by the protests in Iran. Can you capitalize on this with crypto?

Lockheed

The winners so far this year on the stock markets have been IT (Sandisk and Western Digital) and defense (Lockheed in the United States, and Saab and Rheinmetall in Europe). The latter sector, in particular, saw a jump after news of the Caracas invasion broke.

In a way, this makes sense. During geopolitical unrest, Western governments primarily want to provide security for their populations. They do this by spending more on weapons and defense, which benefits the sector.

Gold, and especially silver, also continued their year-on-year climb during the first trading days of 2026.

Justin Sun

The crypto stock par excellence that reacted promptly to the invasion of Venezuela (and could do the same in the event of US military action against Iran) is World Liberty Financial, the crypto company owned by the Trump family.

Some claim that regimes which want to avoid trouble with the United States can be on good terms with the Trump family by investing millions in World Liberty Financial, thus attracting less scrutiny from the White House. Justin Sun’s investment in Trump’s memecoin last year is cited as an example.

According to the authoritative Wall Street Journal, this is one of the reasons World Liberty Financial recently began seeking a banking license in the United States. President Donald Trump clearly wants to up his pension fund during his final term.