Mainstream Crypto News and Updates

Michael Saylor recently released a Bitcoin Tracker, indicating plans to increase Bitcoin holdings again. Despite the company's stock price continuing to decline, Saylor still views the current market as an opportunity and has raised the preferred stock dividend to 11.5% to stabilize investor confidence. The market is concerned about its long-term financial health.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is on track to roll out native account abstraction as part of the Hegota upgrade, with timing that insiders say could land within a year. Vitalik Buterin outlined that smart accounts—often described as account abstraction—will be delivered once EIP-8141, the omnibus proposal c

SpaceX, the aerospace company led by Elon Musk, is preparing to confidentially file for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as March 2026, targeting a valuation above $1.75 trillion and aiming to raise up to $50 billion.

Elon Musk's dynamic filtering feature on the X platform has sparked widespread discussion among the cryptocurrency community and political commentators. The move aims to reduce information overload and give users more control, but it also carries the risk of reinforcing echo chambers. Many organizations that rely on X for marketing are panicking, worried about losing traffic access. The filtering feature helps create a cleaner discussion environment but may also lead to decreased exposure of important issues, posing a challenge for X's social features in the future.

_Key Takeaways_ _Vitalik Buterin sold 1,869 ETH (~$3.67 million) in the last 48 hours, picking up pace after recent Aave withdrawals._

Samson Mow, CEO of Bitcoin technology firm Jan3, stated on March 1, 2026, that Bitcoin is currently undervalued relative to gold by approximately 24% to 66%, suggesting a potential price reversal.

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, BTC breaks through 67,000 USDT, current price 67,006 USDT.

Slovak Bitcoin developer Martin Habovštiak published a proof-of-concept on March 1, 2026, embedding a 66-kilobyte TIFF image file contiguously in the Bitcoin blockchain as a single transaction without using OP_RETURN, Taproot, or OP_IF opcodes.

Foresight News reports that Uniswap founder Hayden Adams tweeted regarding "Dubai Securities Exchange has been closed until further notice," stating, "Prohibiting trading only deprives consumers of their choice. At such times, people need access to liquidity. The financial system must remain operational and accessible."

ChainCatcher Message, analyst @alicharts recently stated that the death cross of the 50 and 200 simple moving averages on the Bitcoin 3-day K-line chart occurred on February 27. Historically, such signals often indicate the final decline phase of a bear market. The article cites historical data since 2014, indicating that Bitcoin has fallen about 50% after this indicator appears in each bear market.

PANews March 2 News, according to on-chain analyst @ai\_9684xtpa monitoring, user folhas99 opened a 40x short position on BTC when the market declined on February 28. He now holds 750 BTC (approximately $49.63 million), making it Hyperliquid TOP1 BTC position, with an entry price of $64,534 and a liquidation price of $70,730. Currently, there is an unrealized loss of $1.187 million. He placed a limit sell order at $55,000, aiming to take profit if BTC drops another $11,000.

On March 1, 2026, a U.S.-Israel military strike resulted in the killing of Iran's top leader, triggering intense volatility in global markets. Traditional safe-haven assets like crude oil and gold rose, while Bitcoin faced significant turmoil. Options market data shows that institutional funds remain optimistic about the future, but hedging demand surged in the short term. Overall, the crypto market is expected to experience a corrective rebound after the panic, with particular attention to the $76,000 options maximum pain point.

The recent cryptocurrency market has generally declined, with Bitcoin falling below $67,000 and Ethereum dropping below $2,000. The SocialFi sector led the decline, with many coins experiencing varying degrees of decrease, and only a few like Hyperliquid rising.

Trump Media & Technology Group is evaluating plans to spin off the social media platform Truth Social to promote its cryptocurrency and fintech strategies. If the deal proceeds, a new company, SpinCo, will be established and listed independently, merging with Texas Ventures III. The company is also accelerating its expansion into fintech and energy sectors, despite market volatility causing financial pressure, with an expected loss of $712.3 million in 2025, but with significant growth in asset size.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) saw a significant 531 billion token influx on exchanges, indicating a shift towards selling among traders. Price remains below critical moving averages with bearish trends prevailing. Limited demand and rising supply create volatile conditions, especially with low liquidity typical of weekend trading.

In the past 24 hours, the total liquidation amount across the entire network reached $356 million, with $243 million in long positions and $113 million in short positions. Bitcoin long liquidations totaled $123 million, and Ethereum long liquidations amounted to $50,067,000. A total of 82,706 people were liquidated, with the largest single liquidation amounting to $13,334,600.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) executive chairman Michael Saylor posted his characteristic "orange dot" Bitcoin chart on social media platform X on March 1, 2026, with the caption "The Turn of the Century," a move historically followed by formal disclosure of additional Bitcoin acquisitions.