On March 3, 2026, from 12:00 to 12:15 (UTC), BTC experienced a significant surge, with a 15-minute return of +1.06%. The price ranged from 67,030.1 to 67,966.1 USDT, with an amplitude of 1.40%. This movement attracted widespread market attention, with active short-term trading and increased volatility indicating accelerated capital inflows into mainstream cryptocurrencies. The main drivers of this movement were the optimistic macroeconomic policy expectations and the resonance of buy orders from leading institutions. As the Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting approaches, the market generally expects to maintain stable interest rates and to conclude quantitative tightening (QT) before May.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $69,759, the total liquidation strength of mainstream CEX short positions will reach $1.234 billion. Conversely, if BTC drops below $63,223, the total liquidation strength of mainstream CEX long positions will reach $952 million.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Core Scientific sold approximately 1,900 BTC in January, totaling about $175 million. The company currently holds fewer than 1,000 BTC and is shifting its business focus from mining to AI data centers. (Cointelegraph)

MARA's annual report shows that in 2025, it made a profit of $32.1 million by borrowing 9,377 BTC, but due to a decline in the coin's price, the borrowed portion incurred a loss of $86.3 million. By the end of the year, MARA held 53,822 BTC, with a fair value decrease of $301 million. In 2026, policy relaxes, allowing the sale of BTC on the balance sheet.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to Arkham data, at 17:40, 200 BTC (approximately $13.32 million) were transferred from an anonymous address (starting with bc1qnl6s5k3...) to Ceffu.

According to BlockBeats, the pension-usdt.eth address continued to increase its holdings after BTC fell below $68,000, completing a 3x leveraged long position with a position size of $66.5 million. Its strategy is short-term low-leverage trading, with cumulative profits exceeding $24 million since October last year.

From 09:15 to 09:30 (UTC) on March 3, 2026, BTC recorded a -0.68% return within 15 minutes, with a price range of 66,595.0 to 67,141.1 USDT and an amplitude of 0.81%. Market attention increased during this period, short-term volatility intensified, and investors became highly sensitive to capital flows and risk asset sentiment. The main driver of this anomaly was a large whale short-term concentration of BTC inflows and sales on a major mainstream exchange. On-chain data shows that since early 2026, the inflow ratio of large whales (addresses holding ≥1,000 BTC) reached a recent high,

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Coinglass data shows that in the past 4 hours, the total liquidation across the network reached $57,568,300,000, with long positions liquidated at $51,823,500,000 and short positions at $5,744,800. Among them, BTC liquidations amounted to $17,640,000, and ETH liquidations reached $14,790,000.

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PANews March 3 News, according to HyperInsight monitoring, the current Hyperliquid platform CL-USDC (WTI crude oil futures mapping contract) trading pair has surpassed $100 million in trading volume in the past 24 hours, with open interest reaching $52.5 million. In addition, among the top ten trading pairs by real-time trading volume, four are cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, SOL, HYPE), while commodities (silver, gold, crude oil) and US stocks (S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, NVIDIA) each account for three.