Dogecoin (DOGE) surged nearly 15% in the last 24 hours, hitting a multi-month high of $0.102. This rally follows a volatile February and is primarily driven by Bitcoin’s recovery above $73,000 and a renewed "risk-on" appetite across the meme coin sector. As institutional interest returns via spot ETFs and retail volume spikes, traders are now eyeing a potential breakout toward the $0.12 resistance level.

Bitcoin (BTC) is staging a high-velocity recovery on March 5, 2026, surging 7.17% to reach $73,122. Fueled by $680 million in two-day ETF inflows and President Trump’s endorsement of the Clarity Act, BTC has decoupled from equities to test one-month highs.

Strategy Inc. (MSTR) snapped a period of horizontal trading on March 5, 2026, with shares surging 10.37% to reach $146.44. The rally follows a dual-catalyst event: Bitcoin’s aggressive climb back above the $71,000 threshold and the company’s official confirmation of an additional 3,015 BTC acquisition, reinforcing its status as the world's premier corporate digital asset treasury.

Paraguay's state electricity company ANDE has signed an MoU with infrastructure firm Morphware to develop a government‑run Bitcoin mining program using confiscated mining machines and surplus power from the Itaipú dam. The initial pilot will connect about 1,500 seized rigs at utility sites, with authorities having accumulated close to 30,000 ASIC miners through raids on unmetered, illegal operations since early 2024.

Bitcoin traded above $71,000 after weeks of turbulence, while derivatives data showed a sharp drawdown in leverage and ongoing dominance of short positions. Open Interest has fallen by more than $24 billion since 6 October and funding rates remain mostly negative, even as aggressive buyers and shrinking exchange reserves offer some support.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission submitted commission-level interpretive guidance to the White House on March 3 on how federal securities laws could apply to certain crypto assets and related transactions. The document, now in a prerule interagency review stage, is expected to outline a token taxonomy that would clarify which assets fall under SEC oversight, while the CFTC separately advanced a measure on prediction markets following remarks by its chair about forthcoming rulemaking.

On Wednesday, Europol said a coalition including Coinbase and Microsoft dismantled key infrastructure of Tycoon 2FA, a phishing‑as‑a‑service platform used to bypass multi‑factor authentication. By mid‑2025, Tycoon 2FA represented 62% of phishing attempts blocked by Microsoft, with more than 30 million malicious emails in a single month, and Coinbase traced blockchain transactions linked to the alleged operator and customers.

On Wednesday, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and xAI signed a non-binding White House pledge to cover the energy needs of their AI data centers without shifting costs to consumers. US President Donald Trump said data centers "need some PR help" and claimed the agreement aims to ease public concern that new facilities will raise electricity bills as AI-related power demand grows toward 2028.