Physical commodities remain under tight control through infrastructure dominance—ports, railroads, supply chains. But the landscape is shifting. Digital assets represent something different: a frontier where decentralization rewrites traditional power dynamics. The real question isn't about competing for legacy systems anymore. It's about who actually owns and controls the digital layer. That's where the next strategic advantage lies. Nations and institutions that fail to recognize this are already playing yesterday's game while the board itself is being redrawn.