Since January 2024, Bitwise has contributed a total of $383,000 to open-source Bitcoin developers, including a second donation of $233,000 announced on Wednesday. The latest payout, equal to 10% of gross profits from the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF, will be distributed by Bitcoin Brink, OpenSats and the Human Rights Foundation, while BITB has recorded $2.2 billion of inflows and remains third among U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs.

Market analyst EGRAG CRYPTO stated on March 4 that XRP remains locked in a long-term descending channel and needs a weekly close above $2.20 to invalidate its bearish structure. They added that a weekly close above $1.55 would signal short‑term strength, while failure to reclaim this level could send the price toward $1.26 or even the $0.95–$0.85 support zone. XRP recently bounced from around $1.27, but it still trades well below its July 2025 all‑time high of $3.65.

XRP has pushed higher above $1.420 and is currently trading above this level and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average while consolidating its recent gains. The price recently cleared a bearish trend line near $1.3880 and tested resistance around $1.4739, with traders now watching the $1.450–$1.4750 area as a potential springboard toward $1.50. If XRP fails to overcome resistance near $1.4420, attention could shift back to supports at $1.420 and $1.4050.

Dogecoin (DOGE) surged nearly 15% in the last 24 hours, hitting a multi-month high of $0.102. This rally follows a volatile February and is primarily driven by Bitcoin’s recovery above $73,000 and a renewed "risk-on" appetite across the meme coin sector. As institutional interest returns via spot ETFs and retail volume spikes, traders are now eyeing a potential breakout toward the $0.12 resistance level.

In an international operation on March 3 and 4, law enforcement agencies led by the FBI and Europol dismantled LeakBase, a cybercrime forum with more than 142,000 registered members and over 215,000 messages. Authorities in 14 countries seized user accounts, payment details and IP logs, issued prevention notices and replaced the site with seizure banners. LeakBase's predecessor Raidforums, which was shut down in 2022, had previously hosted leaked personal data of roughly 272,000 users of Ledger's crypto wallet service.

Bitcoin (BTC) is staging a high-velocity recovery on March 5, 2026, surging 7.17% to reach $73,122. Fueled by $680 million in two-day ETF inflows and President Trump’s endorsement of the Clarity Act, BTC has decoupled from equities to test one-month highs.

Strategy Inc. (MSTR) snapped a period of horizontal trading on March 5, 2026, with shares surging 10.37% to reach $146.44. The rally follows a dual-catalyst event: Bitcoin’s aggressive climb back above the $71,000 threshold and the company’s official confirmation of an additional 3,015 BTC acquisition, reinforcing its status as the world's premier corporate digital asset treasury.

Paraguay's state electricity company ANDE has signed an MoU with infrastructure firm Morphware to develop a government‑run Bitcoin mining program using confiscated mining machines and surplus power from the Itaipú dam. The initial pilot will connect about 1,500 seized rigs at utility sites, with authorities having accumulated close to 30,000 ASIC miners through raids on unmetered, illegal operations since early 2024.