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Bitcoin slid to $63,030 after US-Israel strikes on Iran triggered a risk-off cascade across markets. From there, BTC rallied to $74,000 intraday on Mar. 4, a roughly 17% rebound. As of press time, Bitcoin trades at $73,613, up 7.7% in the past 24 hours. The move recaptured much of the selloff, but whether it holds […] The post Bitcoin hit $74k — but losing $70k could send it back toward $60k appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin is currently fightining with a crucial resistance level that could lead to new substantial gains if reclaimed.

While altcoin interest on social media is at its lowest in 24 months, it could pick up again once Bitcoin’s rally starts to fade, according to crypto trader Michaël van de Poppe. Mentions of altcoins on social media have reached their lowest level in two years, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment, while indicators suggest that investors are focusing on Bitcoin.  Data from Santiment shows that for the week ended Feb. 27, altcoin social dominance scored 33, a sharp drop from its score of 750 in July 2025, around the time Dogecoin (DOGE) rallied 59% over 30 days. Google worldwide search data shows a similar pattern. The term “altcoins” scored 4 out of 100 near the end of February, compared with a score of 100 during mid-August, according to Google Trends. Read more

Bitwise has tasked Bitcoin Brink, OpenSats and the Human Rights Foundation with deciding where to allocate its second annual donation to support Bitcoin. Crypto asset manager Bitwise has now donated a total of $383,000 to support developers who maintain and secure the Bitcoin network since 2024, with its latest $233,000 contribution announced on Wednesday.  Its second payout, funded by 10% of gross profits from its Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB), adds to the $150,000 that it donated in February 2025 after BITB’s first full year. “Bitwise is proud to donate $233,000 to support the unsung heroes maintaining and securing the Bitcoin network,” Bitwise said in a post to X on Wednesday.  Read more

The price of Bitcoin is soaring near $71,500 despite war between the U.S. and Iran, signaling that crypto markets may have priced it in already.At the same time, traders are expecting the eventual passage of the U.S. CLARITY Act to trigger the next wave of growth across digital assets.When that happens, the three biggest cryptocurrencies […] The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 4 March – XRP, Bitcoin, Ethereum appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin’s rally is accelerating, but 43% of holders are still at a loss, leading traders to favor put options. Will this week’s gains hold? Key takeaways: Derivatives and onchain data show a lack of bullish conviction, as 43% of Bitcoin holders remain at a loss despite recent price gains. Surging AI energy demand is squeezing miner profits to record lows, forcing major listed firms to offload BTC and pivot to computing. Read more

The US President makes it official after previously announcing his pick of Kevin Warsh to replace Fed chair Jerome Powell in a Jan. 30 social media post. The US Senate will soon vote on Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Federal Reserve after the president picked Kevin Warsh, who has previously expressed pro-Bitcoin views, to replace Fed chair Jerome Powell. In a Wednesday notice, the White House said that Trump had sent Warsh’s nomination to the Senate to be chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve for a term of four years, and as a Fed governor for 14 years. The president had previously taken to social media to announce Warsh was his pick to replace Powell, whose term as chair ends in May but may stay on as a Fed governor until 2028. Warsh served as a Fed governor under former US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from 2006 to 2011. He went on to become a Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.  Read more

Bitcoin rose above $70,000 today for the first time since early February, extending a rebound that is starting to look less like a brief relief rally and more like a market trying to reverse momentum after months of heavy selling. CryptoSlate data showed Bitcoin gaining over 7% on the day, lifting the flagship digital asset […] The post Bitcoin bears could walk into a brutal short squeeze next as BTC retakes $70k appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin has broken above $73,000 after weeks of consolidation, but traders remain divided over whether the move marks a genuine breakout or another trap for late buyers.

Coming as BTC exchange-traded funds flows turn positive, the moves follow the Wall Street bank's applications with the SEC for Bitcoin, Solana, and Ethereum funds. Financial services giant Morgan Stanley selected Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon, a global financial services company, and crypto exchange Coinbase as custodians for its Bitcoin Trust Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. The custodians will hold all of the fund’s Bitcoin (BTC) in cold storage, or offline methods of storing Bitcoin private keys, with a “portion” of the BTC moving to hot wallets connected to the internet at times for creation and redemption purposes, according to the SEC filing for Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust. The filing said: Morgan Stanley filed SEC applications for spot BTC and SOL (SOL) ETFs in January. Both funds are passive investment vehicles that hold and track the prices of the underlying crypto assets. Read more

A new Bitcoin death cross would ensure continuation of the bear market unless a "major bullish catalyst" appears, per new BTC price analysis. Bitcoin (BTC) needs a “major bullish catalyst” to avoid canceling out its March rally, says the latest analysis. Key points: New findings warn that short-term BTC price strength does not remove the risk of the bear market continuing. Read more

Bitcoin reacted to Iran war news while stock markets were closed, showing how crypto is becoming a real-time gauge of macro risk. Crypto markets became the first outlet for investor reaction after US and Israeli strikes on Iran rattled global sentiment over the weekend. At around 7:30 am (UTC) on Saturday, or in the wee hours of Wall Street, US President Donald Trump posted a video to announce that the US and Israel had launched attacks against Iran. Bitcoin (BTC) immediately reacted and dropped to around $63,000. Meanwhile, traders rushed to crypto-native platforms to trade commodities futures while traditional markets remained closed. Read more

Millions of Bitcoin that can’t be upgraded to post-quantum could be stolen and dumped. What would Satoshi do? He may have left us a clue…

The South Korean stock market (KOSPI) closed near 5,094 after falling 12.06% in a single session today. The index had already fallen 7.24% the prior session, taking the two-day slide to roughly 18.4% on a compounded basis. South Korean equities did not fall alone, but the magnitude set Korea apart in a global risk-off window. […] The post Bitcoin jumps to $72,000 as Asia’s stock market meltdown deepens appeared first on CryptoSlate.

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig wants to bring perpetual futures home, and it could happen as early as next month, according to his latest statement. In January remarks titled “Limitless: Onshoring True Perpetual Derivatives,” he laid out a vision for pulling crypto's most widely used leverage tool into US regulatory territory. Selig framed perps as instruments […] The post Bitcoin’s $85 billion derivatives engine may move onshore as CFTC eyes April approval appeared first on CryptoSlate.

MARA Holdings may be poised to test the current BTC treasury meta. Major miners have been accumulating BTC as a strategic treasury rather than treating it as working capital. A shift could have implications that extend well beyond a single company. The company's March 2 filing authorizes balance-sheet sales of its entire 53,822 BTC treasury, […] The post Second top US Bitcoin miner authorizes sale of entire BTC stash as MARA eyes $3.8 billion liquidity option appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund Situational Awareness LP has scaled to $5.52 billion in equity exposure in less than a year by betting on power, data centers and Bitcoin miners. Leopold Aschenbrenner has built a US stock portfolio heavily concentrated in companies that supply the power and infrastructure behind the artificial intelligence boom. The former OpenAI researcher, who left the lab’s superalignment team to launch San Francisco-based hedge fund Situational Awareness LP, has expanded it from $383 million in assets in early 2025 to a reported $5.52 billion in equity positions in its latest 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund’s 13F filing for Q4 2025 shows a highly concentrated portfolio built around betting that the real winners of the AI boom won’t be chatbots, but the power plants and data centers that feed them. Situational Awareness reported $5.52 billion in US equity positions across 29 holdings, with a large share of that value clustered in a handful of AI infras...

BTC price upside returned during Wednesday's Asia trading session as Bitcoin attacked a long-term trend line and psychological levels. Bitcoin (BTC) passed $71,000 on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions fueled ongoing volatility. Key points: Bitcoin price action teases a fresh breakout after failing to hold $70,000 since January. Read more

Ray Dalio says that gold is a better safe-haven asset in times of conflict compared to Bitcoin, and raised concerns about the cryptocurrency’s lack of privacy. Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has warned against Bitcoin as a long-term store of value and safe-haven asset, arguing that it has little central bank support and has lingering concerns over its privacy limitations and quantum resistance. Dalio dismissed the idea that Bitcoin (BTC) can function as a digital gold, telling the All-In Podcast on Tuesday that “there is only one gold.” "Gold is not a precious metal that's speculated on,” Dalio said, adding it is the “most established money” that is the second-largest reserve currency held by central banks. Read more

War news may be dominating headlines, but Alibaba AI believes crypto’s mid-to-long-term prospects look better than ever. Market behavior suggests that investors may have already absorbed the impact of war-related risks earlier in the year, following selloffs triggered by former President Trump’s rhetoric around possible U.S. military escalation involving Greenland and Iran.As such, Alibaba AI […] The post China’s Alibaba AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum by the End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.