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Dow ground out a marginal +0.05% to 50,669, lagging tech-led peers as defensives and rate-sensitives waited for Friday's PCE inflation print before committing.

Dow is the cyclical/value side of the record-high party — without a fresh rotation catalyst, it tracks but doesn't lead. The Iran-deal trade benefits transports and energy unevenly.

PCE inflation Friday — a hot print would hit rate-sensitive Dow components first. 51,000 is the round-number target; support 50,200. Energy weight matters if oil headlines whipsaw.

ETH eased to $2,007 (-0.76%), underperforming BTC even as Standard Chartered reset its 2026 prediction with the AMZN-after-dotcom analogy. Stablecoin-arms-race headlines didn't move the spot tape.

ETH is stuck between a bullish institutional narrative (Standard Chartered, stablecoin growth) and weak short-term flow. The dot-com analogy is a long-cycle story; price action is a near-term liquidity story.

$1,950 must hold to keep the constructive structure. Stablecoin regulation headlines and any spot ETF inflow surprise are the catalysts. Above $2,080 reopens $2,200.