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Crypto is up (+1.1%) — Top: NEAR +12.5%

Crypto markets pushed modestly higher on the day, led by strength in large-cap smart-contract names, as investors appeared to lean into ecosystem exposure rather than defensive positioning. Ethereum’s advance tracked reports that Vitalik Buterin is reducing his own influence at the Ethereum Foundation and that foundation ETH sales have slowed, which the market often reads as improved governance optics and reduced near-term sell pressure, while Solana and NEAR outperformed as risk appetite broadened beyond Bitcoin. That rotation came even as headlines highlighted bearish whale positioning and a large Hyperliquid short, underscoring that today’s gains likely reflect selective dip-buying and positioning shifts rather than a clean, market-wide de-risking unwind.

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