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Crypto is down (-2.4%) — Top: ETC -6.8%

Crypto markets traded lower on the day (average move around -2.4%) as risk appetite softened, with traders appearing more focused on near-term adoption and growth constraints than on incremental bullish headlines. While reports highlighting Strategy’s continued accumulation and debate over who holds the most bitcoin reinforce the long-term institutional bid, they did not translate into broad buying today, leaving higher-beta names to underperform. That dynamic showed up in sharper drawdowns across select altcoins such as Optimism and Aave, while Ethereum Classic saw outsized, choppy moves consistent with thinner liquidity and idiosyncratic positioning rather than a clear fundamental catalyst.

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