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Crypto is up (+0.7%) — Top: NEAR +8.6%

Crypto markets edged higher overall (average +0.73%) as bitcoin’s subdued day-to-day volatility, highlighted by CoinDesk, helped steady risk appetite and reduced the pressure for forced deleveraging. At the same time, security and regulatory headlines kept dispersion elevated: Ledger’s investigation into an $86 million drain and reports of the US planning to seize $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto likely capped broader follow-through, while idiosyncratic moves in NEAR and ADA suggest traders were rotating around protocol-specific narratives rather than chasing a uniform market rally. In this backdrop, the bid looked more like cautious positioning in a calmer bitcoin tape than a broad-based risk-on surge.

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