Crypto-related fraud schemes are deploying an iPhone exploit toolkit named "Coruna" against users on older iOS versions, Google reports. The kit operates via malicious websites that probe visiting devices and search for crypto wallets, seed phrases and other sensitive financial information.

Only 1% of total BTC supply is currently positioned in the $72,000 to $80,000 on-chain price band, analysis shows. If Bitcoin holds above $72,000, a move toward $80,000 could unfold rapidly, the assessment notes.

Bitcoin traded between $60,000 and $70,000 in February 2026 after an early drop from $78,000, briefly falling to $62,000 on U.S.–Iran airstrike headlines before closing the month near $68,000, while silver and gold also corrected sharply. LayerZero's $ZRO extended its year-to-date uptrend into a volatile February 10, when a leaked video about its new "Zero" public chain triggered a 20% intraday selloff, followed by a 45% rebound after official partnership announcements with Citadel Securities, Cathie Wood/ARK, DTCC, and ICE, before slipping back toward $1.5 support. Speculative activity concentrated in AI and meme tokens and allegedly manipulative or "scam" names, as $VVV rallied from $1.65 to $5.5, $SAHARA and $GRASS each gained around 70% over short windows, while $PIPPIN, $POWER, $SIREN, $BULLA, and $ARC posted outsized pumps, crashes, or both. Most altcoin strength came via brief squeezes, including February 13–15 meme and AI rallies, a February 25 short squeeze in large caps such as DOT, NEAR, UNI, APT, FIL, and TIA, and isolated moves tied to Uniswap's February 11 liquidity deal with BlackRock for BUIDL, Base's February 18 shift away from the Optimism stack, Aave governance disputes, Terraform Labs' lawsuit against Jane Street, centralized exchange listings on Robinhood, Upbit and Bithumb, and notable price spikes in $BERA, $WLFI, $AZTEC, $ESP, $STABLE, BCH and others.

Bitcoin is moving toward the $73,750 to $74,400 price band, a range that has repeatedly marked key turning points over the past two years, CoinDesk reports. In Q1 2024, a rally tied to the launch of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs stalled near $73,750 before BTC slid toward $50,000, while in April 2025 a downtrend from $100,000 reversed close to $74,400 and later saw prices climb to roughly $126,000. Early February 2025 brought another pivotal move when Bitcoin fell below this zone, followed by a rapid decline toward $60,000, reinforcing the band's dual role as both resistance and support. Analysts cited in the report say the next clear breakout above $74,400 or rejection from this zone, especially in conjunction with ETF flows, macro policy, onchain metrics and regulatory signals, could help define Bitcoin's next medium‑term trend.

An address labeled "ETH Swing Master" (0xa5b0) holds a 15x leveraged ETH long on Hyperliquid with roughly 70,000 ETH in notional exposure worth about $144 million at an average entry of $1,991, generating around $9.2 million in unrealized profit, Coinbob data cited by BlockBeats show on March 5. The address opened a BTC long on March 3 near short-term lows, accumulating about $47.1 million in BTC at $68,170, now showing a paper gain of roughly $2.8 million. Together, the positions make the address the largest BTC and ETH long on Hyperliquid with combined unrealized profits above $11 million, and the address has not closed either position. BlockBeats also noted the whale ran an ETH long exceeding $100 million late last year, closed it in February, and has received fund transfers from Matrixport-linked addresses.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $462 million on Wednesday as Bitcoin briefly moved above $73,000 before trading around $72,214, Farside data show. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF led with approximately $307 million in inflows, while Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund took in about $48 million and Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust added roughly $32 million. The inflows marked a third straight day of positive flows, lifting week-to-date spot BTC ETF inflows to roughly $1.1 billion following about $3.8 billion in outflows over a five-week stretch earlier this year.

A proposed US crypto market bill has stalled after banks rejected a White House-backed compromise on stablecoin yield regulations. The legislation seeks to establish rules governing returns on stablecoins but faces renewed opposition from banking institutions over the administration's framework. The impasse underscores ongoing tensions between policymakers and traditional financial firms over stablecoin oversight in the digital asset market.

Bitcoin has historically formed market bottoms when its price trades between the 1.0 and 0.8 MVRV Pricing Bands, Glassnode data show. Analyst Ali Martinez noted in a post on X that over the past decade, these bands—mapping Bitcoin's price to specific Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) Ratio levels—have consistently marked a key bottoming zone, with the current 1.0 and 0.8 bands near $54,000 and $43,000, respectively. The chart shows BTC recently stayed below the 2.4 and 3.2 MVRV bands, around $130,000 and $174,000 where profit realization risk is considered elevated, while still holding above the 1.0 band. Martinez added that Bitcoin has not breached the 3.2 MVRV band in this cycle, and it is unclear whether the price will fall to retest the historical 1.0–0.8 band range or establish a higher low, with BTC trading around $73,000 and up more than 6% over the past week at the time of writing.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sent interpretive guidance on how federal securities laws apply to certain crypto assets and related transactions to the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for interagency review, journalist Eleanor Terrett reports. The document, issued by the commission rather than staff, seeks to clarify how current law applies to crypto transactions and token classifications without creating new rules, and will proceed separately from the SEC's ongoing rulemaking on crypto asset offerings. After OIRA review, the SEC's three commissioners are expected to vote on the interpretation, which an agency spokesperson said aims to clarify obligations for investors and innovators and align with broader market structure legislation under discussion. Separately, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission submitted a plan on prediction markets to the White House and plans an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to define which products qualify for self-certification, while a coalition group called "Gambling is not investing" argues some prediction market platforms enable illegal sports betting and must comply with state and tribal gaming regulations.