Nikkei Falls 0.20%, KOSPI Rises 1.53%

The divergence between Japan's marginal decline and Korea's sharper gain suggests regional capital is rotating rather than uniformly risk-on or off. For crypto/RWA markets, this could signal varying liquidity appetites across Asian trading hours, with Korea often acting as a retail sentiment bellwether. The open question is whether this dispersion persists or converges as global macro cues shift, which would determine if Asian equity moves translate into sustained cross-asset flows.