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Crypto is up (+2.9%) — Top: ARB +15.3%

Crypto markets traded higher on the day (average +2.8%), led by a sharp rotation into DeFi and L2 names as investors digested Bitwise’s view that DeFi is “quietly re-rating” and that the CLARITY Act’s progress could mark a sentiment inflection for the cycle. That backdrop helped fuel outsized gains in Arbitrum and other DeFi-linked assets, where positioning tends to be more sensitive to shifts in regulatory and risk appetite narratives than large-cap majors. Offsetting headlines around a thwarted Injective npm backdoor attempt and the EU’s “chat control” vote added a reminder of ongoing security and privacy risks, but did not materially derail the day’s risk-on tone, while the SWIFT/XRP denial kept that move largely idiosyncratic rather than market-wide.

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