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Crypto is up (+2.8%) — Top: AAVE +9.5%

Crypto markets traded higher on average (+2.62%) as investors leaned into risk after reports that Morgan Stanley launched a spot Bitcoin ETF, reinforcing the narrative of continued mainstream access to crypto exposure and lifting sentiment across majors like Ethereum (+6.82%). Strength in large-cap smart-contract assets also coincided with policy headlines, including South Korea’s proposal to regulate stablecoins with bank-style rules, which markets often interpret as incremental regulatory clarity rather than outright restriction. Offsetting that optimism, news around a sharp Bitcoin hashrate decline in Iran and longer-term quantum-security concerns appeared to have limited immediate price impact, suggesting today’s move was driven more by positioning around institutional and regulatory developments than by network or technology risk.

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