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Crypto is down (-2.0%) — Top: NEAR -11.9%

Crypto markets traded lower on the day (average move -2.34%), with sharper drawdowns in higher-beta altcoins such as NEAR, APT, and ICP, as investors digested a fresh set of regulatory and compliance headlines. South Korea’s move to block access to 27 overseas exchange websites, including KuCoin and MEXC, likely reinforced near-term risk aversion by highlighting ongoing distribution and liquidity constraints for parts of the retail market, while a UK court decision applying Chinese law in a major bitcoin fraud dispute underscored persistent legal uncertainty around cross-border crypto claims. Against that backdrop, constructive developments like Kraken’s Dubai licensing and platform expansion efforts elsewhere were not enough to offset the broader “regulatory friction” tone that tends to pressure sentiment most in altcoins.

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