According to @WhiteHouse, President Trump joined President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to sign the Washington Accords at the Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace in Washington, D.C., described as a major peace deal. Source: https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1996681662806261911 For traders, de-escalation in the Great Lakes region could reduce supply risk in cobalt and copper, with the DRC being the leading global producer of mined cobalt and a major copper producer, which in turn can influence battery metals pricing and volatility. Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024 (Cobalt, Copper): https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024.pdf Lower perceived supply risk may affect benchmarks such as LME Cobalt and CME Copper (HG) futures, making them key instruments to monitor for price discovery and hedging around battery and industrial metals. Source: London Metal Exchange Cobalt contract: https://www.lme.com/en/Metals/EV/LME-Cobalt; CME Group Copper (HG) futures: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/base-metals/copper.html Improved geopolitical sentiment can support risk-on behavior, and Bitcoin and Ether have shown increasing correlation with equities during such periods, making BTC and ETH important barometers to watch alongside metals. Source: International Monetary Fund blog, Crypto Prices Move More in Sync with Stocks (Jan 2022): https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2022/01/11/crypto-prices-move-more-in-sync-with-stocks Equity proxies for battery-metals exposure, including Global X Copper Miners ETF (COPX) and Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF (BATT), provide diversified access that may react to perceived shifts in cobalt and copper supply risk. Source: Global X COPX fund page: https://www.globalxetfs.com/funds/copx/; Amplify BATT fund page: https://amplifyetfs.com/batt