Bitcoin rose about 8% on Wednesday to trade above $73,000, after spending roughly three weeks capped in the $64,000–$70,000 range. Analysts say profit-taking near $70,000 must ease and support around the 200-week EMA at $68,000 and the $70,000 zone must hold for BTC to target the next resistance near $75,000.

Analytics firm Santiment reports that social media discussions about "altseason" have recently fallen to extremely low levels, while Dogecoin is trading around $0.093. Over the past two years, high altseason social volume has often aligned with local tops for DOGE, whereas muted interest has tended to mark local bottoms. With the latest drop in this sentiment metric, Dogecoin could be positioned for a rebound, although Santiment cautions it should not be treated as a precise trading signal.

Monthly inflows into digital asset treasury companies have fallen to roughly $555 million, the lowest level recorded since October 2024. Bitcoin has led these treasury allocations in most months, with August and September 2025 as exceptions, while overall inflows have struggled to recover after the post‑election surge.

On 4 March 2026, Bitcoin briefly neared $74,000, trading around $73,651 after gaining more than 7% in 24 hours, while the broader crypto market value moved past $2.5 trillion. Major altcoins also advanced, with Ethereum close to $2,177 and Solana above $92, even as key sentiment gauges continued to signal extreme fear.

Electronic trading firm Tradeweb has led a $31 million Series B round in institutional crypto platform Crossover Markets, giving the CROSSx operator a $200 million valuation. The deal includes a strategic partnership to connect Tradeweb's global institutional network to spot crypto liquidity on CROSSx and will fund the expansion of the ECN, which has handled over $50 billion in volume since 2023. Additional venture funding has recently gone to infrastructure firms Talos, Mesh, Rain and VelaFi as investors target trading, payments and settlement services for digital assets.

Bitwise's spot XRP ETF, trading under the ticker $XRP, has risen to become the largest XRP exchange-traded fund in the United States after recording $10 million in weekly inflows. The product now leads a crowded field of American spot XRP ETFs, with the segment reaching $1 billion in total net assets and cumulative net inflows of $1.25 billion. Bitwise holds $269.05 million in assets under management, slightly ahead of Canary and Franklin Templeton, while the wider market continues to post steady daily inflows and trading volumes.

From February 28, when Donald Trump authorized Operation Epic Fury’s first strikes, bitcoin has risen 12.1% from $65,492 to $73,419 while crude oil climbed 10.4% and gold fell 3%. Over the same four-day window, silver dropped 10.2%, the S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, and Nvidia gained 2.8%, leaving BTC as the standout performer among large assets during the opening days of the US-Israel war with Iran.

On Wednesday, Bitcoin’s price rebounded above $74,000, with $683.3 million flowing into U.S. spot BTC ETFs this week, suggesting a potential short-term bottom. Analysts are assessing whether this move, alongside recoveries in key altcoins such as ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, HYPE and LINK, can extend further. Technical charts highlight critical resistance and support zones that could determine if this bounce evolves into a broader trend reversal.