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Crypto is down (-2.2%) — Top: ETC -6.4%

Crypto markets traded lower on average (-2.18%) as risk appetite softened, with investors weighing mixed signals around adoption and near-term utility rather than any single macro headline. While renewed attention on large Bitcoin treasuries, including reports that Strategy is preparing another purchase, can be supportive for sentiment, it was outweighed by more cautious messaging from Ethereum builders that blockchain apps still struggle to reach mainstream users, which likely contributed to broader de-risking and sharper pullbacks in higher-beta names like Optimism and Aave. The day’s dispersion also reflects a market still driven by narrative flows, with pockets of speculative interest in AI-linked tokens contrasting with the wider move lower.

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