On Saturday, as tensions intensified across the Middle East and U.S. airstrikes targeted Iran, bitcoin climbed from an intraday low of $63,176 per coin to $67,152 by 3:45 p.m. Eastern time. The digital asset now sits 2% higher against the greenback, hovering just shy of the $67,000 threshold.

South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) accidentally published a cryptocurrency wallet’s recovery phrase in a Feb. 26 press release, enabling the temporary transfer of roughly $4.8 million in seized tokens before the assets were returned hours later.

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) paused their multi-day inflow streak with a $27.5 million outflow on Friday, while ether funds lost $43 million. XRP and Solana ETFs continued to attract modest inflows.

Prediction markets are crackling with activity after the United States, in coordination with Israel, carried out major airstrikes against Iran. At present, traders are pricing in a 46% probability that the Iranian regime will fall by June 30, and following the latest strike, it emerged that several market participants pocketed gains by calling the timing of the attack with precision.

XRP rebounds from a sharp drop to $1.27 but remains under pressure as broader crypto markets slide amid rising geopolitical tensions, leaving the token vulnerable to renewed downside despite signs of short-term stabilization.

While bitcoin has been idling well beneath the $70,000 threshold, onchain metrics reveal that long-dormant wallets established between 2010 and 2017 have stirred to life in February, shifting 1,908.21 BTC value at just over $125 million through 69 separate transactions.

The cryptocurrency market served as a real-time volatility barometer over the weekend as joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered a sharp sell-off while traditional markets were closed.

Bitcoin is trading at $63,922 on Feb. 28, 2026, at 8 a.m. EST, clinging to the mid-$60,000s after a bruising February drawdown. The narrative grew considerably more fraught as hostilities in the Middle East began commanding international attention. For now, bitcoin’s broader structure remains heavy, and the charts across multiple timeframes suggest that rallies continue to face stiff overhead pressure.

While high-and-mighty economists can claim that crypto and the tech behind it are useless and pointless, the reality is that the true value of crypto lies in its enabling forces rather than in its “Number Go Up” power.

Marathon Holdings’ Q4 2025 revenue declined 6% to $202.3 million, primarily due to a 14% drop in the average price of bitcoin mined. The company also reported a $1.7 billion loss in the quarter.

The move comes after Anthropic denied access to Claude, its ts trademark AI model, for advanced military and surveillance applications. Trump stated that there will be a six-month phase-out period, and threatened to use the “full power of the Presidency” to force compliance.

Minnesota lawmakers are considering HF3642, a bill that would implement a statewide ban on Bitcoin ATMs to combat a surge in elder fraud and financial exploitation.

Bitcoin and the whole cryptocurrency market experienced a sharp fall on Saturday morning, after Israel and the U.S. launched a series of “preemptive strikes” on Iran following days of intense negotiations regarding Iran’s nuclear program. BTC lost the $64k support and kept falling.

Representatives Scott Fitzgerald, Ben Cline, and Zoe Lofgren introduced the bill to Congress on February 26, seeking to protect software developers who write blockchain applications that don’t handle custody of funds from legal actions and criminal prosecution under Section 1960, Title 8.

Global regulators intensify cross-border oversight as the SEC and Japan’s FSA deepen cooperation on crypto supervision, digital assets, and investor protection, signaling tighter alignment across two of the world’s most influential capital markets.