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Crypto is up (+2.6%) — Top: BCH +29.5%

Crypto markets pushed higher on average (+2.08%) as investors leaned into catalysts tied to derivatives and “infrastructure” narratives, which tend to improve perceived liquidity and underpin risk appetite. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) led gains after reports that CME is launching BCH futures, a development that can broaden institutional access and help explain the outsized move, while Uniswap (UNI) also benefited from the same futures-related headline. Elsewhere, strength in platform and scaling tokens such as Arbitrum (ARB) and NEAR tracked renewed interest in on-chain infrastructure, reinforced by news of EigenLayer’s TVL surpassing $11 billion and BlackRock’s comments highlighting AI as an underappreciated driver of future crypto demand.

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06:04 Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Explode by Double Digits as CME Announces Futures Launch BTC BCH CryptoPotato 05:30 EigenLayer Total Value Locked Crosses $11 Billion ETH Bitcoinist 04:33 AI potential to drive crypto demand remains ‘underappreciated’: BlackRock Cointelegraph 04:02 Daily Crypto Discussion Reddit r/CryptoCurrency 04:00 Akash Network rallies 14% as AI rotation meets whale buying – Can AKT hold THIS? AMBCrypto 03:33 OpenAI, Anthropic to brief UN Security Council on AI risks: Reports Cointelegraph 02:25 Lawmakers Rush to Replace the Clarity Act: What Will They Sacrifice to Get It Through? BeInCrypto 01:52 Bessent Could Add AI Czar Title to Treasury Chief: Conflict Ahead? BeInCrypto
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