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Crypto is down (-1.7%) — Top: NEAR -6.3%

Crypto prices drifted lower on the day (average -1.74%) as risk appetite softened amid renewed regulatory and compliance focus, with headlines ranging from the LIBRA probe implicating major exchanges to the ECB echoing warnings about stablecoin rules. That backdrop weighed most on higher-beta DeFi and smart-contract names, helping explain the sharper pullbacks in Ethereum (ETH -4.72%) and DeFi-linked tokens like Aave (AAVE -5.77%) alongside declines in NEAR (down more than 5%). Meanwhile, payments-focused coverage around Stripe and Swift underscores intensifying competition in rails and settlement, but the near-term market reaction leaned toward policy and enforcement uncertainty rather than adoption optimism.

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