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Crypto is down (-2.7%) β€” Top: NEAR -6.7%

Crypto prices drifted lower today (average -2.6%) as risk appetite softened amid renewed caution around leverage and market structure, with sharper drawdowns in higher-beta majors like NEAR and Solana reflecting a typical β€œde-risking first” response. Headlines about Ethereum seeing heavy spot buying ahead of potential leverage re-entry likely reinforced a wait-and-see stance across altcoins, while the rapid collapses in Trump-themed meme tokens after reported rug pulls added a fresh reminder of idiosyncratic tail risks that can spill over into broader sentiment. Meanwhile, reports of long-dormant Bitcoin wallets moving funds largely off-exchange point more to internal reallocation than immediate sell pressure, helping explain why the pullback looked more like a broad risk reset than a single forced liquidation event.

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