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Crypto is down (-1.9%) — Top: ETC -6.4%

Crypto markets drifted lower on the day (average move -1.74%) as sentiment cooled amid renewed focus on adoption headwinds, after Ethereum builders acknowledged that blockchain apps have struggled to win mainstream users, which weighed on higher-beta segments like L2s (Optimism -5.08%). In contrast, pockets of strength such as Aave (+4.68% to +5.53%) tracked the market’s ongoing preference for established DeFi infrastructure, while headlines around Strategy potentially adding more bitcoin helped support the broader “institutional accumulation” narrative without being enough to offset the risk-off tone in altcoins. Overall, price action looked less like a single shock and more like a modest de-risking move, with investors selectively rewarding clearer utility stories while trimming exposure to more sentiment-driven trades.

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