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Supermarket giant Spar has enabled ADA payment rails for customers in 137 Swiss stores, as the country moves closer to its global crypto hub ambitions.

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Prominent on-chain data aggregator Glassnode has published a report commenting on Bitcoin's recent price jump, which was triggered by several big factors, including stabilizing inflows into the spot Bitcoin ETFs.

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Bitcoin (BTC) showed limited price movement on Wednesday before slipping overnight into Friday amid a surge in selling pressure.

 

Bitcoin traded at $72,648 on March 5, 2026, consolidating between $72,600 support and $73,100 resistance after an overnight push higher lost momentum. Technical indicators across the 1-hour, 4-hour, and daily charts show a market hovering in neutral territory as momentum indicators flatten and key moving averages point in competing directions.

 

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz shared a candid response on X about the XRP price with respect to the broader crypto market.

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XRP's price remained flat today, March, continuing the consolidation phase that began in February. However, ongoing inflows into exchange-traded funds and declining exchange supply suggest that a rebound may be on the horizon.

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This Thursday, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) With $2,000 support secured, Ethereum has a good shot at testing the $2,400 resistance in the near future.

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As geopolitical tensions rise worldwide, investors are asking if Bitcoin can act as a safe haven like gold. Could global instability push more money into BTC?

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Earlier this week, the Executive Chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), Michael Saylor, announced that the company had made another major Bitcoin purchase. The announcement, which was made on Monday, showed that despite the bearish market headwinds, the company has not given up on its Bitcoin strategy.

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Bit Digital Inc (NASDAQ:BTBT) reported its monthly Ethereum treasury and staking metrics for February 2026, outlining the size and value of its digital asset holdings as well as staking activity during the period. As of February 28, the company held about 155,434 Ethereum (ETH).

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While retail investors hesitate, major banks are quietly racing for crypto.

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The total supply of XRP is capped at 100 billion tokens, a factor shaping its long-term outlook. Unlike mined cryptocurrencies, XRP was pre-mined by Ripple Labs, with a large share still held in escrow and released gradually, giving the market a predictable supply schedule.

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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) experienced a nearly 8% surge on Thursday following the announcement of its substantial $9.1 billion Ethereum holdings, while Chairman Tom Lee persists with an assertive acquisition approach amid global tensions.

 

Bitcoin has bounced hard after the liquidation washout in February and is trying to rebuild a short-term uptrend. The asset is now pushing into a heavy resistance band where the last breakdown started, so this move looks more like a recovery leg inside a broader corrective structure than a clean trend reversal.

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Australia's ASIC licenses AUDC to issue AUDD, a fully regulated AUD‑backed stablecoin on the XRP Ledger, opening the door for banks to move money on‑chain.

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Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is gaining momentum despite social sentiment at historically low levels — a setup that often precedes contrarian rallies Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Market Cap 1-Day Trend Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.09586 $14.7 billion + 3% Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.055643 $3.3 billion +1.4% Pepe (CRYPTO: PEPE) $0.053550 $1.5 billion -1.4% Trader Notes: Trader Tardigrade noted that Dogecoin briefly rallied into Ichimoku cloud resistance (Kumo) but was sharply rejected, reinforcing a short-term bearish outlook. This suggests price attempted to enter a bullish zone but was quickly pushed back.

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Professional investors trimmed exposure but largely held firm during BTC's recent slump, while long-term allocators quietly added positions, the crypto asset manager said.

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Shares of Tron Inc. (TRX) experienced significant upward momentum following the company's announcement of expanded digital asset holdings. The stock advanced 7.3% to reach $1.47 as investors responded positively to the firm's ongoing treasury enhancement initiative.

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Crypto promised diversification beyond Bitcoin. For years, the pitch was simple: spread risk across blockchains, decentralized applications, and layer-1 protocols.

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The price of Ethereum recovered above $2,000 while negative news about the war continued to spread. At one point, the price reached $2,200, the highest level since February 5.

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Michael Saylor argued that Bitcoin's inability to sustain the most aggressive upside forecasts is less about a broken long-term thesis and more about a credit-market bottleneck: a large share of Bitcoin wealth still can't be financed cleanly inside the traditional banking system, pushing holders toward “shadow” venues where rehypothecation creates effective selling pressure. In a Feb. 27 interview with Coin Stories host Nathalie Brunell, Saylor said the market has matured in ways that naturally damp both upside and downside volatility as derivatives migrate “from offshore to onshore” and regulated US markets grow.

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Earn up to $100 in BTC rewards by purchasing OKB on OKX. Explore the new tiered reward structure and weekly resets for users in the EEA.

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is outperformed gold for the first time in months, surging 12% since Friday while gold fell 2% as investors poured nearly $700 million into U.S. Bitcoin ETFs in March. The Gold Reversal Until this week, the trend had been the opposite.

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Solana Eyes $95 Breakout as RSI Signals Momentum Shift

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Bitcoin (BTC) might experience price volatility soon given the activities of whales in the ecosystem. As per a new update by on-chain data platform CoinGlass, Bitcoin's perpetual futures order book reveals that whales have placed a large buy order around $70,000 and $71,000.