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Crypto is up (+1.8%) — Top: AAVE +7.3%

Crypto markets traded modestly higher on average (+2.1%), with risk appetite improving as investors digested signs of a more operationally focused U.S. regulatory posture after the SEC’s new COO appointment kept agency oversight and execution in view. The strongest gains clustered in DeFi and Ethereum scaling, where Aave rallied (roughly +6% to +7%) and Arbitrum led (+15.3%), consistent with traders leaning into higher-beta sectors when headline risk feels more manageable. Separately, AI-related headlines such as Kraken’s plan to add an AI investing assistant helped reinforce the broader “tech-forward” narrative, but today’s price action was most clearly expressed through crypto-native growth themes rather than a single token-specific catalyst.

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