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Bitcoin has pushed above $70,000 and briefly reclaimed $73,000, but price action is now testing a dense resistance band between $71,800 and $73,000 that has repeatedly halted rallies. Technical analysts warn that failure to close above $73,500 and ultimately $74,500 could validate a large Head and Shoulders reversal pattern with downside projections toward the $50,000 area, even as ETF inflows and mixed macro sentiment pull the market in opposing directions.

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.

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.

On March 5, 2026, analyst Benjamin Cowen said Bitcoin may stage a short-term advance into March if its historical yearly pattern repeats. He noted that BTC has often dropped in January and February, rebounded in March, and then softened in April and May. Cowen cautioned that such March strength has typically produced only a lower high before further downside, highlighting resistance near $74,000–$75,000 and a bear market resistance band around $85,000.

In the past 48 hours, Bitcoin has rallied nearly 8% and is now testing the $73,000 level, yet sentiment remains weak with the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index stuck at 22. Despite this rebound, the cryptocurrency is still down 42.6% from its all-time high set about five months ago. Recent data show that a brief improvement in early January followed a deep slump in December 2025, but February's extreme fear and single-digit readings have left traders cautious about the latest move.

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Bitcoin climbed past the $70,000 resistance and recorded a monthly high at $74,000, extending an $11,000 rebound from a recent Saturday low linked to tensions involving the US, Israel, and Iran. Analysts highlight renewed spot ETF inflows, post-holiday activity in China, and strong whale buying as drivers, and now focus on light supply between $72,000 and $81,000 with major resistance projected around $83,307 and $84,569.

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.

Market analyst EGRAG CRYPTO stated on March 4 that XRP remains locked in a long-term descending channel and needs a weekly close above $2.20 to invalidate its bearish structure. They added that a weekly close above $1.55 would signal short‑term strength, while failure to reclaim this level could send the price toward $1.26 or even the $0.95–$0.85 support zone. XRP recently bounced from around $1.27, but it still trades well below its July 2025 all‑time high of $3.65.

Dogecoin (DOGE) surged nearly 15% in the last 24 hours, hitting a multi-month high of $0.102. This rally follows a volatile February and is primarily driven by Bitcoin’s recovery above $73,000 and a renewed "risk-on" appetite across the meme coin sector. As institutional interest returns via spot ETFs and retail volume spikes, traders are now eyeing a potential breakout toward the $0.12 resistance level.