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Crypto is up (+2.8%) — Top: ARB +15.3%

Crypto markets traded higher on the day (average +2.76%) as Japan-focused headlines reinforced the “institutionalization” narrative for bitcoin and related risk assets, with reports on an “invest locally” policy push and Metaplanet’s exploration of bitcoin-backed digital credit helping frame incremental demand drivers. That constructive backdrop coincided with outsized gains in DeFi and L2 names such as Arbitrum and Aave, consistent with investors rotating into higher-beta segments when macro headlines tilt toward adoption rather than restriction. By contrast, more idiosyncratic stories like minimal SHIB burns and internal compliance tightening at Wall Street banks read as secondary, offering little direct support to prices relative to the Japan-led demand signals.

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