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Crypto is down (-2.6%) β€” Top: NEAR -12.7%

Crypto markets traded lower on the day (average move -2.66%) as risk appetite softened, with the sharpest drawdowns concentrated in higher-beta layer-1 and infrastructure tokens like NEAR, Aptos, ICP, and Filecoin, suggesting a broad de-risking rather than an idiosyncratic selloff. In the background, the UK court ruling applying Chinese law to claims tied to a Β£4 billion bitcoin fraud kept legal and cross-border enforcement risk in focus, reinforcing a cautious tone even as industry headlines such as Bybit’s push beyond crypto and Ripple’s AI-powered payments update read more like longer-term product narratives than immediate demand catalysts. The result was a market that leaned defensive, with investors trimming exposure to more volatile segments first.

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