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NVIDIA (NVDA) shares moved higher on March 4, 2026, closing at $183.04, a gain of 1.66% for the session. Trading activity was notably heavy, with more than 175 million shares changing hands, reflecting renewed investor interest following the company’s recent earnings report.

On March 5, 2026, Bitget introduced a major redesign of its trading interface that separates cryptocurrency markets from traditional financial products such as stocks, commodities, forex, CFDs and tokenized equities. The exchange now highlights TradFi assets as an independent category alongside crypto, reflecting the growing overlap between the roughly $2.4 trillion digital asset market and nearly $900 trillion in traditional finance. The move is part of Bitget's Universal Exchange strategy to support cross-asset trading on crypto-native infrastructure.

Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. extended their upward momentum this week, closing 4.06% higher at $153.19 on March 4 as trading volume surged to roughly 56–60 million shares, well above the company’s recent daily average. The rally places Palantir among the most actively traded AI-related stocks in the U.S. market, reflecting renewed investor interest in companies tied to artificial intelligence, defense technology, and data analytics infrastructure.

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.

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.

Crypto exchange MEXC has expanded its tokenized equity lineup through Ondo Finance, adding 17 new onchain stock pairs that trade against Tether and waiving trading fees on them for the first 30 days. A separate announcement this week introduced seven additional tokens linked to US defense and energy companies, with withdrawals for the new assets scheduled to open on March 5. The latest listings build on a tokenized equity product MEXC and Ondo first launched in September 2025.

In 2025, SEC disclosures showed that Peter Thiel-linked Founders Fund unwound its entire 7.5% position in Ether treasury company ETHZilla after the firm sold 24,291 ETH to meet debt obligations. ETHZilla had previously raised $425 million, pursued a large Ether reserve with over 100,000 ETH and relied on leverage, exposing structural vulnerabilities amid price volatility. The move highlights the operational and balance sheet risks of debt-fueled Ether treasury strategies compared with simpler Bitcoin-focused models.

SoFi Technologies' share price closed at $18.61 on March 3, 2026, after announcing an expanded partnership that will allow its SoFiUSD stablecoin to be used as a settlement option on Mastercard's global payments network. The company also disclosed that CEO Anthony Noto purchased roughly $1 million of SOFI stock in the open market, coinciding with a premarket rise to $19.23 on March 4. SoFiUSD, issued by SoFi Bank, N.A., is fully cash-reserved and is expected to support around-the-clock settlement for SoFi's card transactions.

On 4 March 2026, White House Digital Asset Advisor Patrick Witt publicly rejected JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's claim that yield-bearing stablecoins operate like bank deposits, pointing to strict reserve rules under the 2025 GENIUS Act. The clash has complicated negotiations over the CLARITY Act, while Coinbase offers a 3.5% return on USDC that traditional banks struggle to match.

Dycom Industries, Bath & Body Works, and Abercrombie & Fitch all posted fourth‑quarter results that came in ahead of analyst expectations, with revenue and EPS generally beating forecasts. Dycom reported record contract revenue and EPS, Bath & Body Works delivered higher‑than‑guided profitability despite slightly lower sales, and Abercrombie achieved record quarterly and full‑year net sales. Each company also issued full‑year outlooks, with Dycom and Abercrombie projecting continued growth and Bath & Body Works guiding to lower sales but resilient earnings.