🚀 $181 billion VanEck CEO says Bitcoin is "making a bottom" and today's price pump is "a sign of life"

Bullish!

😱🤑 Fear & Greed Index for #ETH

🐳 A whale bought 6,114 $ETH worth $12.4M from #OKX and supplied it into Aave V3, 2 hours ago.

Address: 0xe1adf7cd79da4234beea798e934f483533ec1691

📊📈 #HYPE Bloomberg: Trading activity in crypto derivatives contracts tied to traditional assets has risen notably.

According to Hydromancer data, a silver-linked perpetual contract on Hyperliquid has reached a cumulative trading volume of $28.28 billion, while an oil perpetual contract has logged nearly $400 million in volume since launching in January this year.

Flowdesk OTC trader Karim Dandashy stated that Hyperliquid has served as a “price discovery” venue on weekends, and open interest in futures tied to traditional assets has hit a record high.

🐳 A whale holding 1.2M $USDC returned after 3 months of inactivity and began buying $WAR using a DCA strategy.

So far, he has purchased 103,653 $WAR for $3K. link

🕵️ Bybit disclosed that its AI-driven on-chain monitoring has helped tens of thousands of users recover over $300 million in losses. It has also successfully defended against over 3 million credential stuffing attacks. Bybit is collaborating with TRM, Elliptic, and Chainalysis to share fraud network monitoring leads across the entire ecosystem. link

📊 Aave investor ParaFiCapital deposited 42,500 $AAVE ($5.27M) into Coinbase Prime in the past 10 hours.

The last deposit was 17,000 $AAVE ($5.32M at the time) to Coinbase Prime six months ago, when $AAVE was trading at $313. link

🕵️ Machi deposited another $250K $USDC into HyperLiquid, increasing his $ETH (25x) long position.

He has lost approximately $74.08M in 6 months, going from making over $44.8M to losing over $29.23M. link

🚀 #PUMP PumpFun is adding support for tokens launched on competing platforms through its mobile application.
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🐳 The Matrixport-linked whale holding a 120,000 $ETH ($241M) long just opened another 20x long on 400 $BTC ($27.3M). link

🆕 $BSB featured on Binance alpha link

😱🤑 Fear & Greed Index for #BTC

🇺🇸⚠️ BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated that prolonged U.S. involvement in Iran-related military operations will increase fiscal costs, raising the likelihood of Federal Reserve rate cuts or monetary expansion. This historical pattern from past Middle East conflicts suggests that rising U.S. fiscal spending often leads to shifts in monetary policy, potentially supporting prices of Bitcoin and other risk assets. link

🏦 #CBDC Senate Bill On Housing Includes Ban On CBDC. coindesk.com link

🤝 #RWA Bitfinex resumes issuance of tokenized bonds aimed at investors seeking yield in cryptocurrencies. Cointelegraph link

🐳 Thomasg.eth sold 10,000 $ETH ($19.95M) at an average price of $1,995 in the past 30 minutes to repay his debt on Aave. link

🇺🇸🏆 On March 2 (ET), U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net inflows of $458 million, with none of the 12 ETFs posting net outflows.

Spot Ethereum ETFs saw total net inflows of $38.69 million, with none of the nine ETFs recording net outflows.

XRP spot ETFs posted total net inflows of $6.97 million for the day. link

🐳 Whale 0xf4b8 opened a 20x leveraged short on oil in the past hour, with a position of 100,000 xyz:CL ($7.28M).

He also placed a limit short of 30,000 xyz:CL ($2.19M) at $73. link

🕵️ Bitcoin miner Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) plans to sell nearly all of its 2,500 BTC holdings in Q1 2026 to enhance liquidity and finance capital expenditures related to its AI colocation expansion. The company indicated in its annual report that most sales are expected in the first quarter, depending on market conditions and liquidity requirements. As of December 31, 2025, Core Scientific held 2,537 BTC. link

📝 38% of Altcoins Near ATL, Worse Than the Post-FTX Period

“This metric shows how much altcoins are still under pressure. In fact, this represents the largest regression of altcoins observed during this cycle.” link link

🤔 #RWA TD Securities considers the tokenization of NYSE a turning point for institutional investors. Cointelegraph link