• The global crypto market cap is $2.99tn, a 3.55% increase over the last day. The total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is $122.5bn, a 15% decrease.
  • On Mar 5, US crypto ETF flows reversed compared to a day prior, with US BTC spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $22.1m, while ETH ETFs recorded net outflows of $63.3m.
source: DefiLlama
  • Six dormant Bitcoin wallets from 2011 have suddenly moved 250 BTC, worth approximately $22 million. The wallets had been inactive for 14 years, having been created when Bitcoin was trading at just $1.
  • A Chinese team has unveiled a new artificial intelligence agent, Manus AI, on Mar 5, claiming that the general AI agent is capable of outperforming similar offerings from OpenAI, causing gains on the Chinese market.
  • The White House Crypto Summit is set for tomorrow, with the strategic Bitcoin reserve expected to be a key topic of discussion, along with regulations and economic policies.
  • US President Trump granted a one-month exemption from the 25% new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for US automakers.
  • According to The Kobeissi Letter, US consumers believe inflation will rise to 6.0% over the next 12 months, the highest since May 2023, which marks the 3rd consecutive monthly increase in expectations, according to The Conference Board survey.
  • Russia's Finance Ministry is not planning to alter the current regulatory structure of the National Wealth Fund's (NWF) investments to add crypto assets as they are too volatile, and will instead maintain its current structure of 60% yuan and 40% gold, Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Kolychev told reporters on Mar 4.
  • A key interest rate cut by 0.25 percentage points to 2.50% is widely expected at the European Central Bank’s meeting today, with much of the focus now on what the guidance will be for the months ahead.
  • The President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, is considering using the country's excess energy to mine cryptocurrencies, citing the Trump administration potentially establishing a crypto reserve as a reason for the initiative.
  • Singapore's Minister of State for Home Affairs warned the public yesterday to stay away from cryptocurrencies, saying that cryptocurrency fraud cases accounted for a quarter of all fraud cases last year.