On March 1, Ripple Labs released 1 billion XRP from escrow in three transactions worth about $1.377 billion, while the token ended February with a 16.45% monthly price decline. Over the same weekend, Solana led major cryptocurrencies with an 11% rebound to an intraday high of $88.89 after a $500 million liquidation event, and Elon Musk amplified a viral thread comparing Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei to FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried.

Riot Platforms reported that its revenue reached a record $647.4 million in 2025, up from $376.7 million in 2024, as it accelerated its shift into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure. The bitcoin miner produced 5,686 BTC in 2025, holds over 18,000 bitcoin, and has begun generating revenue from a data center lease with AMD, while its average mining cost rose to $49,645 per bitcoin.

The global cryptocurrency market gained more than 5% within 24 hours, lifting total capitalization to $2.36 trillion as major assets advanced. Bitcoin traded above $69,000, while Ethereum, Solana, BNB, and XRP also logged notable daily and weekly increases. Hourly data showed some cooling in parts of the market, but overall momentum across large caps remained positive.

On March 2, 2026, Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna outlined a bill to introduce an annual 5% federal wealth tax on individuals with more than $1B in net worth. The proposal projects $4.4T in new revenue over ten years, which would be directed toward cash payments to lower-earning households, healthcare funding, expanded Medicare, and a national minimum salary for public school teachers. The plan also situates the U.S. debate within wider global moves on taxing unrealized gains, including a February decision in the Netherlands and a possible California ballot measure.

TD Securities vice president Reid Noch views the New York Stock Exchange’s proposed tokenized-equities alternative trading system as a pivotal market-structure development. The planned venue would allow 24-hour trading with near-instant settlement of tokenized stocks and ETFs while remaining within existing U.S. rules, signaling growing institutional focus on onchain real-world assets.

Bitfinex Securities plans to restart USDt-denominated tokenized bond issuances on Bitcoin's Liquid Network for Luxembourg-based fund ALTERNATIVE, after four earlier offerings totaling $6.2 million since 2023. The new sales are expected to surpass $10 million, with onchain fundraising, coupon payments and principal repayments, while the broader move coincides with an ongoing U.S. policy debate over yield-bearing stablecoin products.

On March 2, 2026, Elliptic reported that crypto outflows from Iran's largest exchange Nobitex surged 700% following US and Israel airstrikes. Elliptic's co-founder Tom Robinson says the spike may signal capital moving out of Iran via crypto channels. Nobitex, which has over 11 million users and handled $7.2 billion in transactions last year, has seen repeated outflow surges in response to protests, internet outages and new US sanctions.

On March 2, 2026, U.S. stock futures fell more than 1% as traders reacted to weekend military strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran and a sharp move in oil. Crude prices jumped about 8%, boosting defense and energy shares while pressuring airlines and cruise lines, and raising concerns that an extended energy shock could undermine expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2026. Gold advanced and long-term Treasury yields slid to an 11‑month low as investors shifted toward perceived safe‑haven assets.