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Why is Crypto Up Today?

Crypto is up (+17.8%) — Top: AXS +37.2%

Crypto prices rose broadly today (average +2.53%) as traders appeared to look past near-term caution around bitcoin’s technical backdrop and rotated into higher-beta altcoins, lifting names like Stellar and Arbitrum alongside DeFi leaders such as Aave. While headlines around tighter rules on political crypto donations in the UK and proposed restrictions on prediction-market trading in the US underscored ongoing regulatory friction, the market treated them as contained to specific use cases rather than a direct hit to core crypto activity, allowing risk appetite to improve despite CoinDesk noting some bitcoin indicators remain unfavorable. The result was a modest, risk-on session where capital flowed into liquid altcoins even as the macro narrative stayed mixed.

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