Turkey has submitted draft amendments to its Capital Markets Law that would classify crypto gains as capital market income and impose a 10% withholding tax on realized profits each quarter. The proposal also introduces a 0.03% levy on the sales value of every crypto transaction and grants the president power to adjust the profit tax rate between 0% and 20%. Under the plan, crypto trades that pay the new tax would be exempt from VAT, and the rules would take effect two months after official publication if approved.

White House digital asset advisor Patrick Witt publicly rejected JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's recent claim that paying yield on stablecoins should automatically trigger bank-style regulation. Witt argued that the real regulatory concern is lending or rehypothecating the dollars behind those balances, stressing that the GENIUS Act explicitly bans such practices for payment stablecoin issuers. Ongoing disputes over how to treat stablecoin rewards have been tied to delays in wider U.S. digital asset market structure legislation, including the CLARITY Act.

On 4 March 2026, Deloitte issued a reserve attestation for Tether's new U.S. dollar stablecoin USAT, which launched in late January 2026. The report showed $17,604,716 in reserves backing 17,501,391 tokens, with assets held in cash and reverse repos backed by U.S. Treasuries. USAT is structured as a federally compliant alternative to USDT and is positioned to compete with USDC in the U.S. institutional market.

On Wednesday, South Korea's Kospi and Kosdaq indexes each sank more than 10% in morning trading, forcing the Korean Stock Exchange to trigger circuit breakers and halt trading. Regional equity markets across Japan, Hong Kong, China and Thailand also dropped sharply, while surging oil prices and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East added to investor risk aversion. Crypto markets have fallen this year but showed a milder intraday reaction compared with global stocks.

On 02 March, Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed that it now holds 4.47 million ETH, valued at about $9.9 billion, representing roughly 3.71% of Ethereum's circulating supply. The firm has staked 68% of its ETH, while on-chain data shows Ethereum's MVRV ratio deeply negative and whales like F2Pool's Chun Wang moving hundreds of millions in stablecoins and ETH across exchanges and DeFi protocols.

COZ has released a suite of open-source AppKit adapters that let developers on Neo N3 and Neo X configure wallet connections through a single integration. The tools extend earlier WalletConnect infrastructure work and leverage Reown AppKit, which supports hundreds of wallets plus social login and multi-chain authentication features. A Connect Lab demo app is also available to help teams test and implement these adapters across supported networks.

On-chain data indicates that Bitcoin long-term holders have recently seen their net position change turn less negative, suggesting that months of distribution from this cohort may be slowing. These investors, who acquired their coins more than 155 days ago, began net selling when BTC weakened in the last quarter of 2025 and intensified as the price fell toward $60,000. Selling pressure is still present but has diminished as Bitcoin trades near $68,500 after a failed push toward $70,000 that triggered significant profit-taking.

Gold (XAU/USD) is staging a critical recovery on March 4, 2026, trading near $5,169 as the escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict fuels a historic safe-haven flight. With "Operation Epic Fury" threatening the Strait of Hormuz and a technical symmetrical triangle in play, discover if bullion can shatter its $5,589 all-time high or if a stronger US Dollar will cap the rally.