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Crypto is down (-2.5%) — Top: ARB -9.2%

Crypto markets traded broadly lower (average -2.45%) as risk appetite softened and traders refocused on regulatory and operational headlines rather than incremental adoption narratives. While the CFTC chair’s comments on new rulemaking and Charles Schwab’s note that US investors want to increase crypto exposure are constructive longer-term signals, they did little to offset near-term caution sparked by security- and infrastructure-related discussion, including an Ethereum researcher’s warning about AI-linked threats. Higher-beta altcoins bore the brunt of the de-risking, with sharp pullbacks in names like Arbitrum and Cardano reflecting a typical rotation away from volatile tokens when sentiment turns defensive.

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