BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) attracted $263 million of the $458 million in total spot Bitcoin ETF inflows on March 2, its largest single-day intake in over five months, Farside Investors and SoSoValue data show. Fidelity's FBTC recorded $94.8 million in inflows, lifting aggregate spot Bitcoin ETF net inflows above $55 billion. On the same day, MicroStrategy purchased 3,015 BTC for $204 million, bringing its total holdings to 720,737 BTC acquired for $54.7 billion, while CoinShares data showed digital asset investment products recorded $1.0 billion in weekly inflows after a prior five-week $4.0 billion outflow streak. Bitcoin briefly touched $70,000 on March 2 before retreating toward $67,000, with CoinShares noting that $881 million flowed into Bitcoin products and $3.7 million into short Bitcoin products.

Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds attracted $1.5 billion in net inflows over five days despite a roughly 50% drawdown from October 2025 highs, Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said on X. Nearly all ten original spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded activity in what Balchunas described as their biggest haul in some time, with many buyers presumed to be older investors. DefiLlama data show Bitcoin ETFs now collectively hold more than $107 billion worth of Bitcoin, with institutions controlling about 12% of the network's total supply. Since October, 17 of the 25 largest Bitcoin ETF holders have increased their positions, Zac Townsend, CEO of Bitcoin insurance firm Meanwhile, said, while ETF Institute's Nate Geraci noted ETF investors "clearly aren't panicking" despite market volatility and geopolitical tensions.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly voiced concerns about the network's underlying purpose, calling for closer scrutiny of how its core mission is being interpreted and pursued. The comments underscore ongoing debate within the Ethereum community over the project's long-term direction and objectives.

Ray Dalio has reiterated a cautious stance on Bitcoin, citing concerns over user privacy, limited prospects for central bank adoption, potential quantum computing threats and the cryptocurrency's overall market size. His remarks focus on structural and technological uncertainties he views as key challenges for BTC. These criticisms mirror arguments raised when Bitcoin traded near $100, according to the summary.

More than $5.8B worth of tokens are scheduled to be unlocked in March across over 100 crypto projects, the source reports. Major unlocks include $338M for RAIN on March 10 following a 10x price run, up to $4B in a cliff unlock for WhiteBIT's $WBT, $56M for $ASTER, and $48M for $SUI. Additional unlocks for HYPE, ENA, ZRO and other tokens are also expected to add hundreds of millions of dollars in supply.

Ethereum is trading around $2,000 while the network averaged 837,200 daily active addresses over the past 30 days, up 82% from five years ago and more than 1,100% from a decade earlier, Santiment data show. New address creation reached roughly 284,800 per day, a 64% increase over five years and nearly 2,000% growth versus ten years ago. The report describes the combination of holding above $2,000 and sustaining more than 800,000 daily active addresses as a key setup for Ethereum's network fundamentals and market valuation.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said stablecoin issuers that pay interest or rewards on customer balances should face the same regulatory framework as traditional banks, including capital and liquidity rules, anti-money laundering controls and federal deposit insurance, in a Tuesday CNBC interview. Dimon argued firms operating like deposit-taking institutions should be overseen on a "level playing field by product" to ensure fairness and safety in the financial system, while distinguishing transaction-linked rewards, which banks could accept as a compromise, from interest on stored balances. His remarks came as U.S. lawmakers and the White House review draft stablecoin legislation, with the banking and crypto industries divided over whether issuers should be permitted to offer yield on customer holdings.

Bitcoin traded near $68,512 on March 3, 2026, after meeting resistance close to $70,000, with the three-day chart showing a death cross for the first time since 2022 as the 50-period moving average moved below the 200-period average, Farside Investors and 10x Research report. Intraday price action ranged between $69,510 and $66,326, with sellers emerging around $69,500 while buyers defended support near $67,800, and traders now watch resistance between $70,000 and $72,000 on the upside and support at $66,500, $65,000 and $62,500 on the downside. Despite the longer-term bearish signal, short-term indicators show waning selling pressure as Bitcoin reclaimed its 20-day moving average, Bollinger Bands tighten and the hourly RSI improves, with analyst Michaël van de Poppe arguing that consolidation above $65,000 is building momentum for a potential bullish breakout. Farside Investors reports U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $458 million of inflows on March 2 even as miner Core Scientific said it sold most of its Bitcoin holdings to fund artificial intelligence expansion, and Bitcoin now records five straight monthly declines, a pattern last seen in the 2018–2019 bear market when a comparable losing streak was followed by a 300% rebound in the next five months.

Ripple Prime has been added to the National Securities Clearing Corporation directory through Hidden Road's listing, enabling NSCC-supported settlement workflows widely used in U.S. capital markets, a DTCC notice shows. Hidden Road, operating under Ripple Prime, previously processed roughly $3 trillion in annual post-trade flows for more than 300 institutional clients, and Ripple has outlined plans to migrate this activity onto the XRP Ledger using existing institutional rails. The NSCC inclusion follows recent regulatory approval for Ripple Prime and comes as institutional XRPL usage grows, including Societe Generale's launch of a euro-denominated stablecoin on the ledger and reported preparations for institutional options trading.