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Crypto is down (-2.6%) — Top: NEAR -15.1%

Crypto prices traded broadly lower today (average -2.25%) as risk appetite softened and traders rotated out of higher-beta altcoins, with sharp drawdowns in Cardano, Avalanche and Injective pointing to de-risking rather than a single-asset shock. The negative tone was reinforced by renewed scrutiny around decentralization claims after criticism of XRP in the press, while more constructive narratives like Wall Street’s tokenization push and JPMorgan’s estimate of roughly $50 billion in year-to-date inflows helped limit the move to a pullback rather than a disorderly selloff. Overall, the session looked like a positioning reset after recent momentum, with investors prioritizing headline risk management and liquidity over thematic upside.

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