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Crypto is down (-1.6%) — Top: ATOM -5.1%

Crypto prices drifted lower today (average -1.7%) as risk appetite softened amid a more defensive tone, reinforced by reports of bearish positioning and elevated costs for leveraged longs highlighted in EigenCloud’s 11% slide. The pullback was most pronounced in higher-beta smart-contract names such as ATOM, ADA and NEAR, consistent with broad de-risking rather than a single-asset shock, while the halted Cysic bridge after an unauthorized mint added a fresh reminder of infrastructure risk that can weigh on sentiment. Against that backdrop, constructive longer-term headlines like the SEC chair’s push for comprehensive crypto rules and CryptoQuant’s improving analyst outlook did little to offset near-term caution.

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