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Crypto is down (-1.5%) — Top: INJ +12.8%

Crypto prices drifted lower on average (-1.54%) as the market digested a mixed set of catalysts: payments-focused headlines (Polygon’s Coinme acquisition and Coinbase–Marqeta stablecoin rails) were constructive for longer-term adoption, but not enough to offset broader risk-off positioning and profit-taking in large-cap altcoins. That tone showed up in declines in names like NEAR (roughly -4%) and Chainlink (-4%), while Injective (+12.75%) bucked the trend on idiosyncratic momentum, suggesting rotation into select higher-beta tokens rather than a broad-based rebound. Overall, today’s move looks less like a single shock and more like cautious repricing as investors weigh incremental “real-world payments” progress against near-term market risk appetite.

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