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Crypto prices are down. Major Asian markets have declined. Possible factors are oil prices, US yields, and the US Dollar. Crypto prices are back to lower values. Several major Asian markets have declined as well. Experts have underlined three possible factors in this scenario. These are oil prices, US yields, and the US Dollar. The Middle East conflict remains at the center of it. Crypto Prices Plummet Crypto prices had a bull run for the last couple of days. They have now retreated on the chart. A major indication is in the form of the collective market cap and FG Index. The former has plunged by 4.11%, and the index is down to 33 points from 40-44 points. Individually, top tokens have lost more than 4% of their respective values in the last 24 hours. BTC, the flagship cryptocurrency, is down by 4.18%, while ETH has shed 5.44% of its value. More top tokens in the crypto market that have lost their values are XRP (-3.89%), BNB (-3.25%), and SOL (-4.38%). BTC, for one, traded at a high of $74,258.06 hours before it stepped back heavily. The decline was rather steep from $73,984.14 to $72,890.84, paving the way for more losses. Asian Markets Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 declined by 2.5%. It closed the day at around 53,875.94, with the Bank of Japan deciding to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.75%. South Korean Kospi recorded 5,845.62 after a fall of 1.3%. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong and the Shanghai Composite Index each lost 0.2% and 0.9%, respectively. Taiwan’s Taiex declined by 1.2%. In India, Nifty went below 23,000, and Sensex crashed over 1,600 points. The decline is reportedly led by banking, financial, and realty stocks, with investors looking to book profits and lowering exposure to risks. Possible Factors A…

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