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Crypto is down (-2.2%) — Top: AAVE -5.4%

Crypto prices drifted lower on the day (average move -1.79%) as risk appetite softened, with traders leaning cautious despite incremental signs of institutional adoption such as Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF nearing $400 million in assets. The sharper pullbacks in majors like NEAR and Arbitrum suggest the selling was concentrated in higher-beta smart-contract and DeFi-linked tokens, a pattern consistent with broad de-risking rather than a single token-specific catalyst. Meanwhile, narrative headlines around token distribution mechanics (Pi Network) and whale activity in DeFi (Aave) appear to have been insufficient to offset the broader rotation toward lower-volatility exposures.

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