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Crypto is up (+1.6%) — Top: ARB +13.9%

Crypto markets traded modestly higher on average (+1.46%) as investors leaned into a slightly improved regulatory backdrop, with headlines pointing to a less confrontational posture and more engagement on rules rather than enforcement. Coinbase’s legal reshuffle following the resolution of its SEC fight, alongside industry requests for the CFTC to modernize onchain-derivatives regulation and reports of slow progress filling SEC/CFTC vacancies, helped support risk appetite and rotate flows into higher-beta assets. That tone likely contributed to outsized gains in Arbitrum, while pockets of weakness such as NEAR’s decline suggest the move was more sentiment- and positioning-driven than tied to a single protocol-specific catalyst.

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