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Crypto is down (-0.9%) — Top: SHIB -4.4%

Crypto prices drifted lower on average (about -0.9%) as risk appetite softened amid a news cycle focused more on operational and security risks than near-term adoption catalysts, with the CoinDesk piece on strengthening defenses against AI-driven fraud reinforcing a cautious tone across the market. That defensiveness showed up in sharper pullbacks in higher-beta tokens like SHIB and AAVE, while Ethereum traded unevenly as investors weighed mixed ETH narratives, including renewed crash warnings in commentary alongside incremental “infrastructure” headlines such as Cloudflare’s x402 micropayments and Alpaca’s tokenized agent-first funding, which are longer-dated positives rather than immediate demand drivers. Overall, the day’s action looked like a rotation toward caution: headlines highlighted evolving risks and longer-horizon buildout, leaving fewer reasons for broad, synchronized buying.

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