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Crypto is up (+0.6%) — Top: NEAR +8.6%

Crypto prices are modestly higher on average (+0.62%) as investors appear to be looking through headline regulatory risk and focusing on longer-term adoption signals, including reports of a $37.5 million raise tied to bitcoin-focused estate planning that reinforces the “institutionalization” narrative for BTC. At the same time, a cluster of enforcement and stablecoin-related headlines, including the US plan to seize $1 billion in crypto linked to Iran and fresh scrutiny of Tether (plus THORChain’s claim of temporary USDT vault freezes), likely kept risk appetite in check and contributed to the choppier tape seen in higher-beta names such as NEAR and ADA, which showed outsized two-way moves. Overall, the session reads as cautious dip-buying rather than a broad risk-on breakout, with participants balancing incremental adoption news against ongoing compliance and stablecoin plumbing concerns.

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