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Crypto is up (+2.9%) β€” Top: AAVE +9.5%

Crypto prices moved higher on the day (average +2.84%) as sentiment improved around market structure and institutional infrastructure, with the Treasury’s outline for stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act helping frame a clearer compliance path and Standard Chartered’s move to take over full custody platform Zodia reinforcing the build-out of regulated rails. That backdrop supported risk-on flows into large-cap smart-contract assets, with Ethereum (+6.82%) and adjacent DeFi names like Aave (+9.49%) outperforming as investors leaned into liquid beta rather than idiosyncratic narratives. Offsetting headlines such as Cango’s $143 million bitcoin sale appeared to be absorbed without broader spillover, suggesting dip-buying demand and positioning were more influenced by policy and custody developments than by one miner’s distribution.

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