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Crypto is down (-1.5%) — Top: ATOM -5.1%

Crypto prices drifted lower on the day (average -1.6%) as risk appetite softened amid renewed focus on operational and regulatory scrutiny, highlighted by reports that Binance and Coinbase participated in a West Africa scam sweep that flagged $11 million. That risk-off tone showed up most clearly in higher-beta majors, with Cosmos and Cardano leading declines as traders de-risked rather than responded to any single protocol-specific catalyst. Offsetting headlines around adoption and infrastructure, such as Polygon gaining payments licenses across 48 U.S. states, were not enough to counter the broader caution, while bullish-leaning narratives around XRP and tokenization read more as sentiment pieces than immediate drivers of today’s tape.

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