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Crypto is up (+2.0%) — Top: ARB +15.3%

Crypto markets traded modestly higher on average (+2.0%) as sentiment improved around large-cap narratives, helped by commentary pointing to an Ethereum “tactical bottom,” which likely encouraged incremental risk-taking across DeFi and smart-contract-linked tokens. That backdrop aligns with outsized gains in Arbitrum (ARB) and Aave (AAVE), where traders typically rotate into higher-beta ecosystem names when confidence in the underlying platform stabilizes. Elsewhere, the record $10B monthly trading high in STRC and the New Hampshire council’s rejection of $100M Bitcoin bonds offered a mixed fundamental tape, but neither appeared to outweigh the broader bid for crypto risk today.

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