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      "latest_timestamp": "2026-09-18T23:30:58.083Z"
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    "causation_qualification": "The similarity does not establish causation. Reserve-ratio and cross-pool attribution remain under analysis."
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    "source": "derived from frozen co1-v2 normalized observations",
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    "freshness_state": "CURRENT",
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    "mechanism_statement": "The balance increased during the observation window. The mechanism has not yet been transaction-level attributed."
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    "historical_label": "HISTORICAL RESEARCH",
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    "ICC/USD normalization is unavailable; GCC/ICC remains native-pool PARTIAL.",
    "CO-1 is degraded only because the ICC reference is not defensibly normalized; four pools support USD-normalized comparisons.",
    "Dispersion is descriptive and does not establish arbitrage, profitability, or trading intent.",
    "No transaction-level mechanism attribution is made for the economically inaccessible balance.",
    "This artifact is a bounded publication snapshot, not a live collector feed or execution input."
  ]
}
