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According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $73,000. BTC is trading at $73,077.13 on the Binance USDT market.

Stablecoin net inflows surged to $1.7 billion last week, a 414.5% increase from the prior week, amid a recovery in on-chain activity, according to a report from blockchain analytics firm Messari cited by Cointelegraph. While trading volume increased by 6.3%, the average transaction size continued to decline. The report explained that retail investor-led on-chain activity is strengthening and demand for stablecoin issuance is growing again.

A wallet associated with crypto market maker Cumberland has withdrawn a total of 46,620 ETH ($98.8 million) from Binance, Coinbase, and crypto custody firm Copper over the past 16 hours, Lookonchain reported. Withdrawals from exchanges are typically interpreted as a move to hold the assets.

The UK Reform Party has become the top recipient of political donations among the country's major parties after securing large contributions that include cryptocurrency. According to DL News, crypto investor Christopher Harborne has donated a total of £12 million to date. The contributions followed the party's decision in May 2025 to begin accepting donations in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, making it the only major UK party to do so. Meanwhile, chairs of UK parliamentary committees have called for a ban on such donations, citing concerns that they could heighten the risk of foreign interference and complicate efforts to trace the source of funds.

Western Union, the world's largest remittance payment company, announced a partnership with Web3 infrastructure provider Crossmint ahead of the launch of its Solana-based stablecoin, USDPT. Crossmint will provide wallet services and payment APIs for the issuance of USDPT.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced it will expedite plans to allow corporations to participate in the digital asset market, The Herald Business reported on March 5. Speaking at an academic conference in Seoul, Hong Jae-seon, an official from the FSC's Virtual Asset Division, explained that while the commission has been pursuing corporate market participation since last year, progress was slowed by the need to address various incidents and review supplementary measures. "We are reviewing it with a focus on market stability, internal controls, and anti-money laundering (AML)," Hong said. He stated that corporate participation is a prerequisite for the successful implementation of the country's upcoming "second-phase" digital asset legislation, which will diversify business classifications within the sector. "We will do it as quickly as possible in conjunction with the discussions on the second-phase law," he added, noting that over-the-counter (OTC) trading and the role of market makers (LP) could also become necessary in the long term.

Bitcoin zero-knowledge rollup project Citrea is set to hold an offline meetup, "Citrea Community Kickoff," in Seoul at 9:00 a.m. UTC on March 5. This marks the project's first event in South Korea since its mainnet launch in January. Esad Yusuf Atik, co-founder and CTO of Citrea, will attend in person to deliver a presentation on the mainnet and roadmap. Citrea, which launched its mainnet in January, announced the establishment of its foundation a few days ago.

Firmachain (FCT2) announced that it is rebranding to Baseline. The new token will be used to activate the verification protocol, in addition to retaining the existing functions of FCT and FCT2 tokens, such as staking, governance, and fee payments. It will be swappable with the existing tokens at a one-to-one ratio, with the new ticker to be announced at a later date.

If Bitcoin follows historical cycles, it could see a short-term rebound in March before entering a correction phase in April and May, according to analyst Benjamin Cowen. The founder of IntoTheCryptoverse noted that BTC typically shows weakness in January and February, rallies in March, and then pulls back in the following two months, DailyHodl reported. He explained that the March rebound often concludes without surpassing the previous all-time high. Cowen suggested that if the price does rise, the $74,000 to $75,000 range could act as significant resistance. He added that the strongest resistance level is currently around $85,000 and that the overall downtrend remains intact.

Bitcoin is approaching a price range that could determine its future direction, according to an analysis by CoinDesk. The report notes that BTC's current price is nearing the $73,750 to $74,400 zone, which has acted as a key support or resistance level over the past two years. In the first quarter of 2024, a rally sparked by the launch of U.S. spot ETFs lost steam around $73,750, leading to a decline to $50,000 over several months. Conversely, in April 2025, a downtrend from $100,000 was halted near $74,400, followed by a rebound to $126,000. More recently, in early February, BTC fell to $60,000 after breaking below this range. CoinDesk suggests that if Bitcoin breaks through this zone, it would signal sufficient upward momentum in the market. However, a failure to do so would likely mean a continuation of the downtrend that began last October.

Bitcoin core developer Nick Szabo has expressed concern over Inscriptions, the practice of using the Bitcoin network to store images or files. He argued that while the Bitcoin whitepaper mentions the term "message," it is a simple programming term. According to Szabo, using this as a basis to treat Bitcoin as a general messaging tool or data archive misinterprets the creator's intent, as Bitcoin is a financial protocol. He further explained that since the blockchain is immutable, if someone were to record illegal data, it would be permanently stored on the hard drives of all node operators worldwide. Szabo warned this could create a "regulatory trap," providing governments with a pretext to outlaw the entire Bitcoin network. Bitcoin Inscriptions are a technology that engraves individual data onto a satoshi, the smallest unit of Bitcoin, expanding the network from a simple currency transfer system into a platform capable of issuing NFTs and tokens.

An address presumed to belong to the Tria team has begun depositing TRIA tokens to exchanges, Onchain School reported. So far, the address has transferred a total of $1 million in TRIA to Bitget via a new address. These addresses currently hold a combined $3 million in TRIA and may make additional deposits in the future.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $72,000. BTC is trading at $71,982.23 on the Binance USDT market.

Decentralized AI platform SaharaAI has unveiled its 2026 roadmap, announcing plans to launch its agent-specific 'Agentic AppChain' mainnet, according to an official blog post. The SaharaAI team explained that it is seeking to expand from its B2B-focused business model, which has secured over 40 institutional clients including Microsoft, Amazon, and MIT, into the B2C sector. In the first quarter, the project launched Sorin, a personal investment copilot, and a crypto agent evaluation framework. For the second quarter, it plans to release sustainable agent memory and a data intelligence platform, followed by a multi-agent system in the third quarter. The team stated that the fourth quarter will focus on launching the mainnet and implementing a collaborative AI economy that supports on-chain registration of AI assets, agent execution, and automatic value settlement.

An address associated with the team behind World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project led by the Trump family, deposited 16.71 million WLFI ($1.74 million) to OKX, according to Onchain Lens. Further deposits are expected.

Google's security threat researchers have discovered a new type of malware capable of hacking iPhones to steal cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases, urging users to be cautious. According to Cointelegraph, Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) explained that the malware, named "Coruna" by developers, can be exploited to hack iPhones running iOS versions 13.0 to 17.2.1. The team noted that it is believed to have spread last December through numerous fake Chinese financial websites, including sites impersonating cryptocurrency exchanges. They detailed that if a user accesses a phishing site on an iOS device, the attack tool analyzes text for keywords like "seed phrase" and "bank account" to collect financial information. The researchers also highlighted that the malware can extract sensitive data from crypto apps such as Uniswap (UNI) and MetaMask.

According to Lookonchain, a trader using the wallet address 0xC45A realized a profit of approximately $991,000 from a short-term ETH trade. The trader purchased 3,000 ETH from Binance on Feb. 24 at an average price of $1,853 and deposited the holdings back to the exchange this morning at an average price of $2,183.

Altcoins are expected to gain momentum and rally as soon as Bitcoin's sharp price increase slows down, according to prominent crypto trader and analyst Michaël van de Poppe. He commented that the overall movement in the crypto market, led by Bitcoin, has been excellent this week, adding that the market had been excessively undervalued. Van de Poppe also suggested that the impact of the U.S. airstrike in Iran may have been an over-hyped catalyst. He concluded that Bitcoin's surge indicates healthy capital rotation and that altcoins will gain greater momentum the moment Bitcoin's price begins to consolidate.

Users of Bithumb's crypto lending service are facing forced liquidations averaging 26 billion won ($19.5 million) per month, the Dong-A Ilbo reported on March 5. The report cites data Bithumb provided to Lee In-young, a Democratic Party lawmaker on the National Assembly's National Policy Committee. According to the figures, a total of 233.8 billion won ($175.8 million) across 33,102 cases was liquidated between the service's launch on June 16, 2025, and Feb. 8, 2026. This amounts to a monthly average of 26 billion won from 3,678 cases. During the same period, rival South Korean exchange Upbit recorded a monthly average of 300 million won ($226,000) in liquidations from 21 cases. Crypto lending services allow users to borrow digital assets from an exchange by providing their own crypto holdings as collateral. If the value of the collateral drops below a certain threshold, the exchange automatically sells the assets to recover its principal and interest in a process known as forced liquidation.

A strategy for betting on a Bitcoin rally with nearly zero upfront cost is gaining attention in the options market. According to CoinDesk, quant trading firm TDX Strategy has proposed a "Bullish Risk Reversal" approach. The method involves selling an out-of-the-money (OTM) put option to collect a premium, which is then used to purchase an OTM call option. The outlet explained that this allows traders to bet on a BTC rally without significant initial investment. However, the strategy carries substantial risks. A trader who sells the OTM put is obligated to buy BTC at a price higher than market value if the price falls below the option's strike price. Furthermore, if the BTC rally is not strong enough, the call option could expire worthless. This structure effectively trades the lack of an initial cost for what could be virtually unlimited downside risk.

Bitcoin miners, who collectively hold over $8 billion in BTC, are accelerating sales of their holdings, Bloomberg reported. For years, large-scale miners maintained a business model akin to a conviction, consistently holding onto the BTC they mined. However, this stance has shifted amid the recent boom in artificial intelligence (AI). MARA Holdings (MARA), which holds approximately $4 billion in BTC, recently disclosed a strategy that suggests it may sell its holdings. Other established miners, such as CleanSpark and Riot Platforms, have undergone management changes to pivot their business toward AI computing, while Bitdeer has sold its entire BTC position. Bloomberg explained that this trend differs from past sell-offs, as it is driven by capital reallocation rather than a need for survival.

DeFi-focused blockchain Katana (KAT) has launched its "Katana Earn" service on Binance Wallet and OKX, the project announced on its official X account. The new service provides users with seamless access to Katana's native yield infrastructure, allowing them to deposit stablecoins such as USDC and USDT into Katana-based Morpho vaults directly from their exchange wallets and begin earning rewards immediately. Within just one day of its launch, over $250 million flowed into the SteakhouseFi and Gauntlet stablecoin vaults on Morpho. This influx has pushed the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols within the Katana ecosystem past $500 million, marking an increase of approximately 109% in a single day.

A U.S. senator has alleged that a White House insider may have unfairly profited from bets on a prediction market just before an airstrike on Iran and has announced plans to push for legislation to ban them, Decrypt reported. U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy stated it is possible some White House personnel used advance knowledge of military information to profit from war-related bets on prediction markets. In connection with this, blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps analyzed that six accounts created the day before the strike bet a total of $1.2 million on Polymarket on whether the U.S. military would conduct an airstrike on Iran. Most of these wallets were funded within 24 hours of the strike, and they concentrated their purchases on "Yes" shares, predicting a strike would occur, just hours before the attack on Tehran. One account reportedly bought approximately 560,000 shares and received about $560,000 after the market settled.

BTC perp long/short ratios on top exchanges by open interest The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 51.97% long, 48.03% short - Binance: 53.43% long, 46.57% short - OKX: 52.22% long, 47.78% short - Bybit: 52.41% long, 47.59% short

Plume, a blockchain focused on regulated real-world assets (RWA), has hired former U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) examiner Justin Vose as its new head of compliance. Vose, who has compliance experience at both small and large regulated financial firms, will work with Plume's Head of Legal, Salman Banaei, to advance the company's global regulatory and compliance strategy. Plume is currently focused on expanding the on-chain adoption of RWA in collaboration with regulatory bodies worldwide.