Qatar's air defenses shot down 13 missiles and four drones flying from Iran.
Qatar's air defense forces shot down 13 ballistic missiles and three drones flying from Iran on Thursday morning, with one missile falling into the sea, the country's Ministry of Defense reported.
"The State of Qatar repelled an air attack involving 14 ballistic missiles and four drones flying from Iran on Thursday from 11:51 a.m. local time. All were destroyed, with the exception of one missile, which fell into Qatari territorial waters. There were no casualties or damage," the Ministry of Defense reported. Earlier in the afternoon, Qatari authorities raised the national alert level due to a major missile attack.
✨Trump spoke about the success of the operation in Iran and lashed out at Starmer.
During a meeting with reporters at the White House after meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Donald Trump claimed the significant damage inflicted on Iran as a result of the US-Israeli operation and claimed that he had pushed Israel to strike Iran, not that Israel had pushed him.
"No, I probably pushed Israel," the American leader said, answering journalists' questions. "We were negotiating with these crazy people, and I was under the impression that they would attack us first. I didn't want that to happen. So if anyone pushed anyone, it was me." "Almost everything has been destroyed," Trump said of the interim results of the operation in Iran.
The commander-in-chief's headquarters at Mar-a-Lago. How Trump watched the strikes on Iran
"The hardest blows are yet to come." What American and Israeli leaders say about the goals and prospects of a war with Iran Trump was also asked what the "worst-case" scenario envisioned in the American administration's plans is. "I think the worst-case scenario is if we do this, and then someone comes to power who's just as bad as the last one, right?" he said, referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike on the first day of the conflict.
Most of the people who could have succeeded the slain Iranian supreme leader are already dead, Trump explained. "Pretty soon, we won't know anyone at all," he added.
Ali Khamenei's son will soon be announced as Iran's new Supreme Leader.
Iran will soon announce that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late leader Ali Khamenei, has become the country's new Supreme Leader. This was reported by the Israeli news outlet Ynet.
It is noted that this is the opinion of high-ranking Israeli officials. On March 1, Iranian state television confirmed that Ali Khamenei was killed in attacks by Israel and the United States. It was emphasized that he was at his workplace at the time of his death.
Meanwhile, the Fars news agency reported that the election of a new Iranian leader could take place on March 6. Special security measures have been taken for the meeting of the Council of Experts.
Media outlets reported a new wave of Iranian strikes on a US base in Erbil, Iraq.
Iranian drones attacked a US military base in Erbil, Iraq, according to the Lebanese television channel Al-Mayadeen. "A new wave of Iranian drone strikes hit a US military base in Erbil," the channel reported.
$BITCOIN Recovers Above $67,000 Following Khamenei's Death
$BITCOIN is recouping weekend losses, trading above $67,000 as investors react to a seismic shift in Middle Eastern geopolitics. The recovery follows a period of extreme volatility triggered by the coordinated US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which President Donald Trump confirmed resulted in the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran initially denied the reports, but Iranian state media later confirmed the leader's death, sending shockwaves through global markets. As we noted in Saturday's review, $BITCOIN has a well-documented habit of "flash crashes" on sudden geopolitical news before the market regains its footing. This cycle repeats itself almost perfectly. After falling to lows near $63,000 yesterday, the digital asset is seeing steady capital inflows as the initial panic subsides. Regime Change Factor and Market Sentiment Khamenei's assassination was a decisive move that few in the market expected. The subsequent return to Bitcoin suggests a growing narrative among traders that the "worst" of the military escalation may be over. However, investor optimism is balanced by the massive power vacuum left in Tehran. Khamenei has been the supreme authority in Iran for decades, and his absence calls into question the country's next move and the stability of the region.
Some investors who have been buying Bitcoin for the past two years are now in a losing position, according to analysts at the CryptoQuant platform. If the Bitcoin price falls below $60,000, almost all of these investors, with the exception of long-term holders, will begin to lose money. The experts have noted a pattern: sharp price drops often follow periods when the majority of market participants make significant profits. Conversely, strong rallys usually begin after significant investor losses. According to the analysts, if Bitcoin begins to fall below $60,000, the market may become more attractive for active investment, which will consequently boost the price of the leading cryptocurrency. On the other hand, CryptoQuant noted the 30-day moving average (SMA), which is an indicator of the ratio of large holders (whales), and has begun to rise. A similar picture was observed earlier during the last major downturn, when Bitcoin fell to $40,000. Back then, exchanges also saw large transactions from "whales." However, blockchain analysts warn that Bitcoin's price is unlikely to rise rapidly now. The peculiarity of the situation is that spot buyers, especially in the largest market, the US, are currently virtually absent. This leads to a buildup of liquidity on trading platforms. However, this liquidity remains inactive or even flows to other, smaller networks like Tron, according to CryptoQuant analysts.
$BITCOIN and cryptocurrencies are under pressure as oil prices surged 6% and global markets took stock of the US-Iran conflict. Bitcoin retreated to $66,700 as traditional markets opened, having their first chance to react to the weekend's military escalation. Oil soared to $77, and Asian stocks fell 1.4%. Bitcoin's weekend gains faded, and on Monday, the token fell about 1% to around $66,700, recouping much of its gains following the Iranian leadership change. The broader cryptocurrency market fell alongside Bitcoin, while oil prices rose sharply and global stock indices fell as markets reacted to the US-Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Rising energy prices are fueling inflation fears, which could delay the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts and put pressure on risk assets, although some crypto traders argue the decline could be limited if oil supplies remain stable💦
$DUSK Activates the Aegis Protocol Upgrade on March 3
Dusk will activate the Aegis protocol upgrade on March 3 at 11:00 UTC. The upgrade strengthens network security and infrastructure and is the largest to date. The upgrade is mandatory for all node operators.
About $DUSK Dusk Network is a layer-one blockchain designed to ensure privacy, programmability, and data verifiability. The primary goal of Dusk Network is to create a secure and confidential blockchain platform that can be used to build various financial applications, such as digital assets, securities, and contracts. A key focus is on privacy, as the platform ensures the privacy of transactions and smart contracts. One of the unique features of Dusk Network is its consensus mechanism, which combines elements of Proof of Stake (PoS) and Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP). This ensures transaction privacy without sacrificing security and scalability.
The DUSK token is used in the Dusk Network ecosystem to ensure network participation and serves as an incentive mechanism for supporting the network. Additionally, the token is used to pay transaction fees and smart contract deployment fees.
🧧The scale of crypto project losses from hacker attacks has been revealed.🎉
Analysts reported that hackers most often stole cryptocurrency by compromising wallets, resulting in losses of $16.6 million. Price manipulation was the second most common method, resulting in investors losing $11.4 million in digital currency. Another $8.6 million was stolen through phishing attacks. Additionally, attackers exploited code vulnerabilities to steal $5.1 million, while project termination fraud netted the criminals an additional $2.1 million, according to CertiK. The "address poisoning" and "wallet drainer" schemes netted hackers $2.7 million.👽
YieldBlox and Instadapp suffered the greatest losses, with $10.6 million and $10.5 million, respectively. EFX and IoTeX followed with losses of $8.9 million each. Kasm also suffered $2.2 million, Foom $2.3 million, and Initia $2.1 million. CryptoFarm suffered two attacks, with total losses reaching $2.7 million. UCC and Hedgehog each lost $400,000, while Lending and SEI Token each lost $200,000. DeFi protocols suffered the largest losses ($14.4 million), followed by AI projects ($8.9 million), and gaming and gambling platforms ($2.3 million). In February, CertiK reported that approximately 30% of the total losses—approximately $11.3 million—were frozen or recovered.💦
Earlier, the US Department of Justice reported the freezing and confiscation of over $580 million in cryptocurrency. These funds, according to US officials, are linked to Chinese criminal organizations.💥
#Ethereum Reaches Key Resistance Zones, Analysts Point to $2,100 and $2,125
After a sharp decline, Ethereum traded near the $2,000 mark, with market commentator Ted Pillows stating that the token has "fully recovered from yesterday's collapse." On the Binance daily chart, published on X, $ETH TH rebounded from a recent low near $1,800 and climbed back to $2,000. This move recouped most of the previous session's losses and returned the price to a key horizontal zone that had previously acted as support and resistance. The chart highlights $2,100 as the next level traders are monitoring. According to Pillows, Ethereum needs to reclaim this level to strengthen its short-term structure. The $2,100 zone coincides with the red resistance band on the chart, while $2,400 is above and represents the next important supply zone. Previous breakouts showed $ETH losing the $2,400 area before accelerating its decline, turning this level into resistance. At the same time, the chart shows lower support levels near $1,720 and $1,540. These areas marked previous demand during past consolidations. Currently, Ethereum is holding above the upper green support zone, testing the lower boundary of the $2,100 resistance area. A sustained move above this barrier could open the way to $2,400, while failure to break above it will keep the price within a broader consolidation range.
Tether recently announced that it had assisted the US Department of Justice in seizing nearly $61 million in USDT. According to the company, the frozen funds were held by scammers who stole money through "pig slaughter" schemes, where criminals gain the victim's trust and then persuade them to transfer the funds. In February, at the request of Turkish authorities, Tether froze approximately 544 million USDT. The freeze affected funds the company believed were linked to illegal online betting and money laundering. By the end of 2025, stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle will have blacklisted approximately 5,700 wallets with a total value of approximately $2.5 billion. Three-quarters of these addresses held USDT at the time of the freeze, according to analytics service Elliptic. USDT is the largest stablecoin in circulation, with token supply exceeding $180 billion, or approximately 71% of the entire stablecoin market. USDT supply has now fallen to a three-year low. In February, the stablecoin's supply fell by approximately $1.5 billion, following a $1.2 billion decline in January. Analysts at Artemis Analytics attributed this to large coin holders' desire to sell their tokens more frequently, comparing the situation to the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange in 2022.
Investors accumulated $28 million in #BitcoinCash ahead of a likely 28% price surge.
Average investors acquired 60,000 coins for a total of $28.6 million. Currently, the asset is forming a chart pattern reminiscent of the structure before the active rally phase in 2025. A breakout of $540 could trigger a 28% increase in the cryptocurrency's price. The recent decline in Bitcoin Cash prices has raised concerns about a possible bearish reversal in the market. The coin followed other digital currencies in their decline and tested short-term support zones. However, a macroeconomic perspective suggests that the current pullback is similar to the previous consolidation phase. Historical data shows similar volatility between October and November 2025, when the asset formed a compression pattern before the start of a 28% rally. Furthermore, the current price action, coupled with accumulation trends, suggests a similar pattern is likely to emerge.
#bitcoin fell 3% due to geopolitical instability surrounding Cuba and Iran.
Trump admitted a "friendly attitude" toward Cuba amid US pressure on the oil sector, which has triggered an energy and economic crisis. The US has strengthened its military presence in Israel amid rising tensions with Iran, leading to increased global geopolitical uncertainty. Bitcoin fell more than 3% due to rising risk, pausing its recovery to $70,000.