Sky (formerly MakerDAO) cofounder Rune (@RuneKek) created a new wallet and deposited 4.01M USDC to open leveraged long positions in oil-related products, according to the original summary. The address opened positions of 62,006 xyz:CL valued at $5.7M and 3,141 xyz:BRENTOIL worth $292K approximately one hour ago.

A whale address purchased 6,228 ETH with 12.5 million USDC at an average price of $2,007 about 14 hours ago, Lookonchain data show. The same whale had previously entered the market after the Oct. 11 crash, using 32.6 million USDC to buy 6,206 ETH valued at $22.6 million and 92 cbBTC worth $10 million. The earlier positioning led to a realized loss of $829,000 in November when the whale sold.

A White House official said the United States intends to seize all oil originating from Iran. The statement signals an explicit U.S. administration policy targeting Iranian oil resources.

Whale address 0x65B4 spent $12.5M USDC to acquire 6,228 ETH at $2,007 per token approximately 14 hours ago, according to the source. Following last year's Oct. 11 market downturn, the address had purchased 6,206 ETH valued at $22.6M and 92 cbBTC worth $10M using $32.6M USDC, before exiting those positions in November at an $829K loss.

Over the past 36 years, major conflicts including the 1990–1991 Gulf War, the 2003 Iraq War and the 2022 Russia–Ukraine war have repeatedly shown that global markets move through a familiar cycle of "preparation–outbreak–clarification," with oil and gold spiking on uncertainty as equities sell off, before stocks often stage sharp reversals once hostilities actually begin and risks are better defined. The 2022 Russia–Ukraine conflict marked a deeper break, with energy and food supply disruptions helping to trigger the worst inflation in Europe and the U.S. in four decades, forcing aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes and causing a rare simultaneous slump in both stocks and bonds. The analysis argues that in new Middle East tensions, crude oil, precious metals, U.S. stocks and crypto could again be driven by a chain of effects from potential physical supply shocks to renewed inflation and tighter monetary policy, while Bitcoin and altcoins have tended to trade more like high-beta tech assets than "digital gold" in past crises, with stablecoins serving as liquidity havens. The piece outlines defensive strategies for individual investors focused on higher cash allocations, moderate hedging via gold and energy, broader equity exposure instead of leveraged single names, and derisking from volatile altcoins into Bitcoin or USD-pegged stablecoins, while emphasizing strict avoidance of leverage and warning against attempts to profit directly from war.

Whale address 0x65b4 acquired 6,228 ETH for 12.5 million USDC at an average price of $2,007 around 10 hours ago, on-chain data analyst Yujin cited by ChainCatcher shows. The same address previously bought ETH and BTC for a total of 32.58 million USDC during a market downturn on Oct. 11 last year, exiting those positions in November with a realized loss of $830,000.

Coinbase Prime will integrate with CFTC-regulated futures broker Coinbase Financial Markets on March 7 to offer round-the-clock trading for more than 20 futures contracts, including perpetual futures via Coinbase Derivatives, ChainThink reports. The platform will introduce unified cross-margining for spot and derivatives, allowing institutions to evaluate risk exposure within a single portfolio and use their entire account balance as collateral. Coinbase, a NYDFS-regulated qualified custodian overseeing 12% of total cryptocurrency market cap, said the cross-margin setup aims to boost capital efficiency for hedging and help trading desks coordinate exposure, collateral, and margin requirements as part of its push to build an institutional prime brokerage offering custody, risk management, financing, lending, and trade execution.

Continue Capital had positions worth about $13.3 million liquidated on Hyperliquid, on-chain data show. The firm's 10,000 SNDK position (approximately $5.1 million) and 22,300 MU position (approximately $8.2 million) were closed, MLM reports. SNDK dropped 5.8% post-liquidation and MU declined 2.6%, with MU trading at a 2% discount with an annualized funding rate of 400% and SNDK at a 2.6% discount with a 650% rate. Continue Capital retains a long position of 17,000 MU (approximately $6.2 million) with a liquidation price of $352, 2.8% below the current market price.

Address 0x218A deposited 2.18 million USDC into HyperLiquid on March 7 and opened a 10x leveraged short position on ETH, Onchain Lens data show. The address has previously realized over $11.8 million in trading profits, according to ChainThink.