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Markets are currently driven by macro fear (Fear & Greed at 28) and a slightly bearish sentiment. Isolated legal incidents, even with high human significance, rarely shift crypto prices unless they trigger regulatory crackdowns or broader risk-off moves. This event is local to Australia and unlikely to have any cross-asset contagion.

A coroner's court directions hearing revealed that the search warrant leading to the fatal shooting of two Victorian police officers by Dezi Freeman was related to an alleged sexual assault of a child.