Lawmakers and financial regulators in South Korea have agreed on a 20% ownership ceiling for key shareholders in crypto trading platforms, with major exchanges facing a three-year deadline to comply. Upbit and Bithumb, which together control about 90% of the market, are expected to adjust within three years, while smaller platforms may receive up to six years. The cap still needs National Assembly approval, and Bitcoin is trading above $72,870 with a 7% gain over the past 24 hours. The measure is part of broader digital asset legislation that also tightens licensing standards and oversight of industry participants.

After a 62% correction that drove XRP toward $1.10 on February 6, the token has moved back to a decade-old ascending support trendline associated with major historical rallies. An analyst notes that this test now coincides with a fully developed US spot XRP ETF market holding about 797 million XRP and $1.24 billion in inflows since November 2025. Key technical levels include support around $1.27 and $1.10–$1.11, with upside resistance near $1.47–$1.50 and a possible long-term target between $2.50 and $4.00 by late 2026.

On 5 March 2026, Australia's ASIC authorized AUDC Pty Ltd, a Novatti subsidiary, to issue AUDD, a regulated Australian dollar-backed stablecoin on the XRP Ledger. The license allows Australian banks and other regulated institutions to issue, hold and settle payments in digital AUD on-chain, while broader digital asset rules are being reshaped under the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025.

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.