Blockchain infrastructure provider Zerohash disclosed on Wednesday that it submitted an application on Feb. 27 for a US national trust bank charter, seeking an OCC-issued license to broaden its stablecoin and custody services for banks, brokerages and fintech clients. Since the GENIUS Act was signed into law in July, several crypto firms, including Circle, Ripple, Bridge and Stripe, have obtained conditional approval for similar banking charters, while others such as Coinbase and World Liberty Financial are still awaiting decisions.

After a sharp drop toward $63,000, Bitcoin has rebounded to trade near $72,000 and is holding above the key $70,000 level, forming a tightening pattern that could open the way toward $76,380. XRP is consolidating between its 26-day EMA and rising support after recovering from lows near $1.25, while Shiba Inu has slid to around $0.0000055 and is approaching potential bottom areas between $0.0000045 and $0.0000048. Market participants are watching whether these technical zones trigger renewed buying or extend the current corrective phase.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued that the Iran-related escalations over the weekend turned crypto venues like Hyperliquid and Tether Gold into the main global hedging channels while traditional markets were shut. He highlighted Hyperliquid's real-time oil pricing, a 30% weekend jump in HYPE, and a $300 million volume spike in Tether Gold as evidence that on-chain finance may be advancing faster than his previous 5‑10 year outlook.

Bitcoin briefly moved back above $74,000 on Wednesday as a broad crypto market rebound pushed BTC up about 8% in 24 hours and lifted ether more than 9%. Dogecoin and Zcash led gains among large-cap tokens, while shares of Coinbase climbed roughly 15% and Gemini jumped about 34% alongside the move.

Israel's Finance Ministry estimates that restrictions linked to the conflict with Iran are costing the economy 9.4 billion shekels, or about $2.93 billion, each week, with larger losses expected from the following week. While officials push to ease Home Front Command rules to cut the damage, U.S. equities are rising, oil has climbed above $82 a barrel, and volatility gauges are slipping. Israel's own stock market and currency have strengthened, even as Goldman Sachs cautions that investors may not have fully accounted for the economic fallout.

Monthly inflows into digital asset treasury companies have fallen to roughly $555 million, the lowest level recorded since October 2024. Bitcoin has led these treasury allocations in most months, with August and September 2025 as exceptions, while overall inflows have struggled to recover after the post‑election surge.

Electronic trading firm Tradeweb has led a $31 million Series B round in institutional crypto platform Crossover Markets, giving the CROSSx operator a $200 million valuation. The deal includes a strategic partnership to connect Tradeweb's global institutional network to spot crypto liquidity on CROSSx and will fund the expansion of the ECN, which has handled over $50 billion in volume since 2023. Additional venture funding has recently gone to infrastructure firms Talos, Mesh, Rain and VelaFi as investors target trading, payments and settlement services for digital assets.

On Wednesday, Bitcoin’s price rebounded above $74,000, with $683.3 million flowing into U.S. spot BTC ETFs this week, suggesting a potential short-term bottom. Analysts are assessing whether this move, alongside recoveries in key altcoins such as ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, HYPE and LINK, can extend further. Technical charts highlight critical resistance and support zones that could determine if this bounce evolves into a broader trend reversal.