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Crypto is up (+2.6%) — Top: ARB +15.3%

Crypto markets traded higher on the day (average +2.75%) as sentiment improved around institutional and infrastructure adoption, with CoinDesk reporting Japan’s “invest locally” initiative likely to increase demand for assets like bitcoin and gold, reinforcing the macro bid for scarce, liquid crypto exposure. That risk-on tone showed up most clearly in higher-beta DeFi and L2 names, with Arbitrum and Aave leading gains as investors leaned into on-chain activity proxies alongside news that OKX, MetaMask and Matter Labs are backing a dispute-resolution court for AI agents, a signal of continued build-out in crypto-native rails. Meanwhile, pockets of idiosyncratic strength such as Zcash’s volume surge suggest selective rotation rather than a purely broad-based rally, even as tighter prediction-market rules at Wall Street banks underscore that compliance concerns are still shaping where institutional participation concentrates.

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