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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.

The Nasdaq 100 climbed 0.5% to a record 30,661, led by Nvidia's new PC-processor launch and a 32% surge in Marvell.

The AI-capex narrative remains the single dominant market force, pulling capital out of crypto and into chips.

Watch for any wobble in semis leadership; 30,000 is now the first line of support.