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Crypto is down (-2.7%) — Top: ADA -5.9%

Crypto prices drifted lower today (average move about -2.7%) as regulatory and compliance headlines reinforced a cautious risk backdrop, weighing most heavily on higher-beta names like Cardano, Dogecoin, and Solana. In the US, renewed scrutiny around exchange access to Federal Reserve master accounts (the Kansas Fed/Kraken inquiry) and a high-profile fraud arrest in Vietnam likely dampened sentiment by highlighting ongoing legal and counterparty risks, keeping buyers sidelined despite some constructive institutional signals such as Anchorage’s federally chartered custody expansion and Goldman Sachs’ “attractive entry point” framing. The net effect was a risk-off tilt: incremental positive adoption news was not enough to offset the market’s sensitivity to governance and enforcement developments.

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