Mizuho Securities analyst Dan Dolev raised his price target for Circle (CRCL) to $100 from $90 on March 4 while maintaining a neutral rating, BlockBeats reports. Circle reported earnings per share of $0.43 for 2025, beating Wall Street expectations of $0.35, with fourth-quarter revenue at $7.7 billion. The company disclosed that USDC stablecoin circulation grew 72% to $75.3 billion by year-end.

The UAE is considering a military response against Iran following attacks involving 186 missiles and 812 drones that caused three deaths, approximately 70 injuries, and damage to civilian infrastructure and oil facilities, Bloomberg Terminal reports. Most projectiles were intercepted, but Emirati officials said they reserve the right to respond, AXIOS reported, citing sources who indicated the UAE is evaluating potential strikes on Iranian missile facilities. Polymarket currently assigns a 51% probability to the UAE striking Iran before March 31.

Ripple announced it has expanded its Ripple Payments platform to include custody services, virtual accounts and unified rails supporting both fiat and stablecoin transactions. The company said Ripple Payments now operates in more than 60 markets and has processed over $100 billion in transaction volume.

Binance launched its first suite of seven AI Agent Skills, enabling AI agents to access Binance spot and wallet data and execute trades via a unified interface, the company announced. The capabilities include real-time market data queries, order placement supporting OCO, OPO, and OTOCO order types, and address and token information analysis. Additional features provide market ranking data, smart money signal tracking, and contract risk detection functions.

Crypto derivatives liquidations totaled $399 million over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for $258 million and short positions for $141 million, Coinglass data show. BTC-related liquidations reached $155 million and ETH liquidations totaled $90.76 million. A total of 116,342 traders were liquidated, with the largest single liquidation worth $4.4573 million on the BTCUSD pair at Hyperliquid.

Gold dropped below $5,000 per ounce, declining more than $300. The metal fell 5.8% in the latest trading session.

Buy orders worth $129.3 million in ETH have accumulated on Binance just below the current Ethereum price level. The concentration highlights a significant liquidity zone near the prevailing market price for the asset.

Gold dropped 5% in a sharp intraday move on today's session, trading at $5,046.57 per ounce. The price reflects the latest spot quotation for the metal.