Your look at what\\\'s coming in the week starting March 2.

Iran has reportedly stepped up attacks against U.S. assets in the middle east.

Record outflows indicate that institutional appetite for digital assets has collapsed.

Bitcoin fell back to $66,700 as traditional markets opened to their first chance to price the weekend\\\'s military escalation, with oil surging to $77 and Asian equities dropping 1.4%.

Traders lean into supply compression stories in altcoins as Hyperliquid ramps up token burns and Jupiter freezes new emissions, even as bitcoin churns between $60,000 and $69,000 with muted flow.

At the iConnections conference in Miami this week, allocators signaled digital assets are now a core sleeve in alternatives.

Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, the company raised the annual dividend on its widely-followed preferred STRC (\\\"Stretch\\\") series by 25 basis points.

Historically, bitcoin bear markets have lasted 12-13 months, suggesting a potential downturn until late 2026 if priced in USD.

The company holds about 8,285 bitcoin in Coinbase Prime custody, a stake now worth roughly $545 million after a $235 million decline in value over the past three months.

Solana led major tokens with a 10.8% bounce, while ether reclaimed $2,000 and bitcoin climbed back above $66,800 ahead of traditional futures opens on Sunday.

A prediction market about military strikes on a sovereign nation now sits alongside presidential election bets as one of the most-traded contracts the platform has ever hosted.

The prediction market has spun up over a dozen Iran-related contracts since Saturday\\\'s strikes, with the Khamenei removal market alone pulling in $45 million in volume.

The death of Iran\\\'s supreme leader opens the door to regime change, and markets are pricing in a shorter period of tension.

Bitcoin\\\'s future hinges less on technological factors and more on how AI affects growth, employment, real interest rates, and central bank liquidity, NYDIG Research argues.

JPMorgan said the long-awaited Clarity Act would bring regulatory clarity, boost institutional participation and accelerate tokenization across U.S. crypto markets.