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It is unrelated to Steven Low or this YAP ecosystem."},{"name":"YAPSTONE","note":"A separately branded agentic-wallet or asset search result. 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Use the specific product URL for the claim. Do not conflate this project with YAP.trade, yap.team, YAP DAO, or YAPSTONE."}