Crypto-linked equities rallied on Wednesday, with treasury firm Strategy up more than 10%, Coinbase gaining over 14%, Hut 8 climbing 13.89% and American Bitcoin Corp rising 11.65%. Over the same 24-hour period, Bitcoin advanced around 7.6% to trade near $72,866 and Ether increased more than 8.3% to about $2,132, as investors reacted to pro-crypto remarks from Donald Trump and ongoing regulatory moves in the United States.

In a post on X published on Wednesday, Eric Trump accused JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo of lobbying through the Clarity Act to block U.S. crypto platforms from paying 4–5% yields on stablecoin deposits. He argued that banks, which he said currently offer around 0.01% to 0.05% APY while receiving about 3.65% from the Federal Reserve, are protecting a low-rate monopoly at the expense of consumers. Jamie Dimon has called for stablecoin products paying interest to be regulated like banks, while White House advisor Patrick Witt countered that the key regulatory trigger should be lending or rehypothecation of underlying funds rather than the mere payment of yield.

Google's threat intelligence team reported that a new exploit kit dubbed "Coruna" targets iPhones running iOS 13.0 to 17.2.1 and has been used on fake crypto websites to capture wallet seed phrases. The toolkit, first identified in February 2025, contains multiple iOS exploit chains and was later found on spoofed Chinese financial and exchange sites seeking user funds and sensitive data. Security researchers say the tool may be linked to surveillance customers, while some industry experts dispute claims it originated from US intelligence code.

Altcoin mentions on social media have fallen to their lowest level in two years, with Santiment's data showing altcoin social dominance at 33 for the week ended Feb. 27, far below the July 2025 peak of 750. Google Trends also shows the global search score for "altcoins" at 4 out of 100 near the end of February, while Bitcoin has rallied 7.51% in the past 24 hours and now commands more investor attention. Santiment views the depressed altcoin interest as a potential bullish signal, and trader Michaël van de Poppe expects altcoins to gain momentum once Bitcoin's rally slows.

On March 4, Bitcoin rallied strongly, hitting an intraday high of $73,952.99 while trading closely in line with U.S. SaaS tech stocks. Arthur Hayes cautioned that Bitcoin has not yet broken its correlation with software equities and suggested the move could be a dead cat bounce. At the same time, Peter Brandt viewed the breakout from a symmetrical triangle pattern and push toward $73,000 as a potentially important shift in the asset's price behavior.

Solana has extended its recovery after securing support above the $85 and $88 areas and is now trading over $90 and the 100-hour simple moving average. The SOL/USD pair is encountering resistance around $92 and $95, while a decisive close above $100 could open the door toward higher targets. If the $92 barrier caps gains, support is seen near $90, $88.50 and then $84, with further weakness potentially exposing the $78 zone.

Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm is reportedly raising a fifth dedicated digital-asset fund of around $2 billion with an expected close by mid-2026, a smaller vehicle than its $4.5 billion fund from 2022. The venture firm is keeping fundraising cycles shorter during a deep market drawdown, while also signaling parallel interest in AI, robotics and other emerging technologies.

Bitcoin is trading back above $70,000 after a sharp rejection from the $110,000–$115,000 region, with price hovering near key long-term moving averages that many traders watch as support. On-chain data indicates that American Bitcoin, a mining operation associated with the Trump family, has mined about 766 BTC this year and is holding these coins on-chain as part of a wider strategy that now includes an 11,000-rig expansion and a total reserve of roughly 6,100 BTC.