Strategy has raised the annualized dividend on its STRC preferred stock from 11.25% to 11.50% for March 2026, with the next monthly payout set for March 31. The move comes as STRC continues to trade around its $100 par value, while Strategy’s common shares and Bitcoin have both fallen sharply, pressuring the firm’s broader capital strategy. The company is increasingly leaning on perpetual preferred offerings to fund ongoing Bitcoin purchases despite a significant drawdown in the crypto market.

Bitcoin rebounded above $67,000 after dropping to $60,030 in the early hours of 28 February. Analyst Benjamin Cowen warns the move may mirror 2022, with a potential $70,000–$84,000 relief rally before a lower high, while CryptoQuant's realized price near $72,700 and CoinGlass liquidation zones at $68,596 and $65,656 shape near‑term risk.

In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin slipped 1.18% to roughly $66,538, according to the article, amid a broader risk-off tone tied to Middle East tensions and liquidations. Macroeconomist Henrik Zeberg's March 2026 outlook projects a primary rally to $110–120K, with a 25% alternate path to $140,000–$150,000 driven by risk-on flows, spot ETF demand, and institutional participation.

Bitcoin is consolidating above $66,000 while resistance at $67,000 and $68,200 limits upside, with price still below the 100-hour SMA. According to the hourly BTC/USD chart (Kraken data feed), a bearish trend line sits near $67,000; a close above $68,200 could target $69,500–$70,000, while failure risks a pullback to $65,500, $65,000 and $64,250.

Bitcoin and the broader crypto market fell over the past 24 hours, with total capitalization around $2.28 trillion and BTC near $66,200, down roughly 2–3%. The article also notes a 78% correlation with the S&P 500, $130 million in Bitcoin liquidations, and a Fear & Greed Index at 15 amid Middle East tensions.

On Saturday, February 28, 2026, reports of coordinated U.S.-Israel strikes in Iran jolted crypto markets. Bitcoin slid from $65,572 to $63,176 in about an hour, with over $100 million in long liquidations per The Kobeissi Letter, then rebounded, touching a $68,043 intraday high before easing to around $66,310.

In November 2025, a sharp spike in Bitcoin’s dormant circulation signaled that many long-term holders used a price rally to exit, leaving 2026 trading shaped by their earlier distribution. On-chain data into early 2026 shows Coin Days Destroyed and other age-based metrics at historically low levels, suggesting most remaining long-term investors are inactive even as price hovers far above their cost basis. This has created a two-speed market: short-term traders and some early whales are taking profits, while a large pool of older coins stays untouched, pointing to a prolonged consolidation rather than outright panic.

According to SoSoValue, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a combined $787.31 million in net inflows over the latest week, snapping a run of five straight weeks of redemptions. Despite the rebound, overall February flows for these products still closed with a net outflow of $206.52 million due to earlier heavy withdrawals, while spot Ethereum ETFs also saw a smaller $80.46 million weekly inflow.