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Ether dropped 8% to $1,843, underperforming Bitcoin in a broad crypto deleveraging.

With risk capital chasing AI equities, ETH lacks a near-term catalyst, though Standard Chartered argues it is set to outperform BTC from here.

$1,800 must hold; a clean break risks a cascade toward $1,650.

EUR/USD held flat at 1.1631 as a firmer dollar from the crypto-driven risk-off capped the euro near the middle of its recent range.

DXY at 99.2 is still historically soft, so the ECB-Fed rate gap keeps EUR bid on dips, but upside momentum has stalled around 1.1600.

1.1600 is the line in the sand; a break opens 1.1530. Reclaiming 1.1700 is needed to revive the bull case.