Digital asset investment products booked $619 million in net inflows last week, with Bitcoin and Ethereum drawing the bulk of fresh capital while regional flows diverged. Solana held support near $81 and traded around $85, as analysts highlighted a potential move through the $86–$87 area that could open the way toward $90 and even $100 if macro and geopolitical risk eases.

After four straight declining sessions that took it into the mid-$60,000 range, bitcoin rebounded to trade around $69,350 as traders contended with surging oil prices, Middle East tensions and a stronger U.S. dollar. Analysts note that ETF flow trends, renewed inflows into bitcoin investment products and sizeable exchange outflows point to early signs of stabilization, even as macro uncertainty keeps risk appetite muted.

On March 9, 2026, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services reported 2025 revenue of $6.90 billion and net income of $481 million, both sharply below 2024 levels. The company declared a Q4 2025 dividend of $0.88 per share, lifting total 2025 payouts to $1.99 per share as it moves toward a planned $35-per-share cash acquisition by Hapag-Lloyd. With ZIM stock trading in the high-$20s and a dividend yield near 15%, the market is now balancing merger terms, cyclical earnings pressure and the sustainability of its income profile.

In the week of March 11–13, a trio of US macroeconomic releases—CPI, weekly jobless claims and labor-market data tied to Core PCE and JOLTS—are set to test sentiment across digital assets. Rising geopolitical tension and energy prices above $115 have already put investors on edge, while Bitcoin is consolidating around $68,000 after February's drop. Traders are increasingly using derivatives to hedge as markets wait to see whether incoming inflation and employment figures will tighten or loosen financial conditions.

On March 9, 2026, cryptoasset outflows from Iran's largest exchange Nobitex jumped 700% to nearly $3 million within 48 hours of coordinated US and Israeli military strikes, while overall trading activity slumped. Users who could stay online shifted funds, mainly via Tether's USDT, to foreign exchanges and private wallets as Iran's central bank halted USDT-to-toman pairs and transaction volumes across local platforms fell sharply.

Payward, the company behind the US-based crypto exchange Kraken, has announced a collaboration with Nasdaq to develop tokenized equities using its xStockz product. The initiative will use a permissionless infrastructure layer to support issuer-sponsored equity tokens and expands on xStockz's reported total transaction volume of over $25 billion. Kraken will act as a distribution partner in a move that reflects the broader trend of bringing traditional equities and commodities into blockchain-based markets.

On 5 March 2026, Backpack Exchange appointed former CFTC acting chairman Mark Wetjen as president of Backpack US to lead its regulated entry into the American crypto market. The move anchors the final phase of a three‑year global licensing roadmap, including prior European approvals and the acquisition of FTX EU, and launches physical offices and local hiring in the United States.

Nasdaq announced on Monday that it is working with U.S. crypto exchange Kraken, its parent Payward, and Backed, the issuer of xStocks, to build an equities transformation gateway for tokenized shares. The initiative follows Nasdaq's tokenization filing with U.S. securities regulators in September 2025 and Kraken's acquisition of Backed in December, with full issuer services expected to start in the first half of 2027.