Global markets fell sharply: The S&P 500 dropped 1.33%, the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.59%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.95%, driven by Middle East war escalation, weak U.S. jobs data, and concerns in private credit after moves by BlackRock.
Weak U.S. labour data raised policy uncertainty: February non-farm payrolls fell by 92,000 and unemployment rose to 4.4%, complicating decisions for the Federal Reserve as higher oil prices risk reigniting inflation despite signs of a slowing job market.
Energy surged while risk assets dropped: Oil prices surged above $100 per barrel, while safe-haven Gold rose and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin fell amid the risk-off environment.
G-7 to discuss joint emergency oil reserves release, FT says: They are set to discuss a possible joint release of oil reserves on Monday, as the Middle East war chokes flows from the region and sends prices soaring.
US Spot ETF Flows
Asset
Daily Inflow
Daily Change
Weekly Inflow
Total Assets
Daily Volume
BTC ETFs
$-348.8M
+53.1%
$261.9M
$87.1B
$6.5B
ETH ETFs
$-82.9M
+1241.1%
$69.0M
$11.3B
$2.0B
SOL ETFs
$-8.2M
+57.4%
$24.1M
$807.4M
$121.1M
US BTC Spot ETF Flows
US ETH Spot ETF Flows
US SOL Spot ETF Flows
Crypto Liquidations Summary
Liquidation Type
Value
% of Total
24h Change
Total Liquidations
$290.19M
-
$+149.69M (+106.53%)
Shorts
$109.61M
37.8%
$+92.64M (+546.12%)
Longs
$180.58M
62.2%
$+57.04M (+46.17%)
BTC
$148.67M
51.2%
$+87.50M (+143.03%)
ETH
$72.42M
25.0%
$+40.70M (+128.27%)
USDC surpasses Tether with 70% of the $1.8 trillion all-time high stablecoin transfer volume in February.
On Mar 4, 2026, about 31,900–32,000 BTC ($2.26B) was withdrawn from exchanges in a single day—mainly from Bitfinex—marking its largest outflow since June 2025; according to CryptoQuant data. The weekly total reached 47,700 BTC.
Santiment reports Bitcoin whales have sold about 66% of their recently accumulated Bitcoin since Wednesday as retail buys below $70K.
Michael Saylor signaled that MicroStrategy (Strategy) may buy more Bitcoin as it trades near $66K, after the company’s late-Feb 2026 purchase of 3,015 BTC for ~$204M raised its holdings to 720,737 BTC worth about $48B, though the position remains below its $75,985 average purchase price.
According to data shared by Messari CEO Eric Turner, crypto venture funding rose nearly 50% year-on-year from Mar 2025 to Mar 2026, but the number of deals fell 46% as investors focused on larger late-stage rounds, pushing the average deal size to $34M (+272%) while the active investor count dropped 34.5% to 3,225.
The US lost 92,000 jobs last month, with finance and insurance job listings declining to 2012 levels, according to The Kobeissi Letter's warning of impending job cuts.
