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Crypto is down (-1.8%) — Top: NEAR -4.7%

Crypto markets drifted lower on the day (average move -1.7%), with higher-beta altcoins leading the decline as traders appeared to de-risk amid a news cycle that skewed toward positioning and narrative shifts rather than fresh catalysts for broad risk-on buying. The day’s notable laggards, including NEAR and Arbitrum, fit that pattern: when sentiment softens, liquid growth tokens often see outsized pullbacks as investors trim exposure. In contrast, headlines around institutional adoption, such as Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF nearing $400 million in assets, provided a stabilizing macro backdrop for bitcoin but did not translate into immediate support for the wider altcoin complex.

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