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Crypto is up (+1.0%) — Top: ARB +13.9%

Crypto prices edged higher on average as risk appetite improved around Ethereum-linked infrastructure, with the Ethereum Foundation’s use of AI to proactively hunt network bugs reinforcing the “security and resilience” narrative that tends to support smart-contract platforms. That backdrop helped fuel outsized gains in Arbitrum, which benefited from renewed attention on Ethereum scaling, while some large-cap altcoins lagged as investors balanced constructive headlines against more cautious Bitcoin coverage, including JPMorgan’s framing of Bitcoin’s competitive threats and ongoing scrutiny of miners’ AI-driven valuation stories and insider sales. Overall, the tape looked like selective positioning rather than a broad, uniform rally, with flows concentrating in ETH-adjacent themes and de-risking elsewhere.

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