A whale address (0x7c7…1F7e6) purchased $5.59 million worth of WBTC and ETH approximately 10 hours ago, onchain analyst Ai Yi reports. The address acquired 1,481.67 ETH at $1,995 each and 37.62 WBTC at $67,604 each in single onchain transactions during last night's market rebound. The assets have since been transferred to address 0x0EA…34a54.

Address 0x7c7…1F7e6 built a combined $5.59 million position in WBTC and ETH on March 4, onchain analyst Aunt Ai reports. The address bought 1,481.67 ETH at an average price of $1,995 and 37.62 WBTC at an average price of $67,604 in single onchain transactions during the market rebound. The assets were subsequently transferred to address 0x0EA…34a54.

Bitwise's Matt Hougan said last weekend's Iran attack demonstrated digital assets have become a go-to market in global crises and called the shift to onchain finance inevitable. House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill urged the Senate to adopt the House-passed Clarity Act language on the stablecoin yield dispute, while Indiana Governor signed HB 1042 to protect Bitcoin rights, bar discriminatory crypto taxation and permit digital assets in state retirement plans. CFTC Chair Michael Selig backed President Trump's call to advance the Clarity Act as key to a futureproof digital asset market structure, and Trump separately accused banks of undermining the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts while pledging to secure U.S. crypto leadership. The European Central Bank warned rising stablecoin usage could pull deposits from banks, curb lending and weaken monetary policy transmission in the euro area, while Ripple broadened Ripple Payments to let businesses collect, hold, swap and pay out in fiat and stablecoins, and Visa expanded its partnership with Stripe-backed Bridge to launch stablecoin-linked cards in more than 100 countries by year-end.

Iraq has shut down operations at Rumaila, the world's second-largest oil field, following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The halt follows the disruption of traffic through the key maritime chokepoint.

Trading on the South Korean stock market was suspended after an 8% decline triggered the circuit breaker mechanism. The automatic halt was activated in response to the sharp market drop.

Whale address pensionusdt.eth (0x0ddf…) fully closed a 3x leveraged BTC long position early March 4, realizing about $346,000 in profit before immediately switching to a short, BlockBeats reports citing Coinbob Hot Address Monitoring. The address now holds a 3x leveraged BTC short position of 1,000 BTC valued at roughly $68.2 million with an average entry price of $68,182. The address often profits from swing trades using relatively low leverage, short average holding periods of about 20 hours, and large position sizes in BTC and ETH, with cumulative profits exceeding $25.4 million since October last year.

Whale address 0xb5C9 sold 67 BTC worth $4.54M at $67,693 and 3,809 ETH valued at $7.49M at $1,967 four hours ago to repay debt on Aave, according to the original report. The transactions involved both BTC and ETH liquidations, with total proceeds used for deleveraging the position on the lending protocol.

BlackRock transferred 4,376 BTC ($298 million) out of Coinbase over a 10-hour period while recording a net inflow of 3,809 BTC ($260 million), Onchain Lens data cited by ChainCatcher show. The firm also moved 567 BTC ($38.05 million) and 7,553 ETH ($14.7 million) into Coinbase during the same window.

BlackRock withdrew 4,376 BTC from Coinbase over a 10-hour period, worth approximately $297.85 million, OnchainLens data show. The firm simultaneously deposited 567 BTC and 7,553 ETH into Coinbase, valued at roughly $38.05 million and $14.7 million, respectively.