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Against the backdrop of the United States and Israel striking Iran and Iran taking retaliatory actions, gold futures rose by 3%. The economics department of ING pointed out in its report that the initial market response was clearly risk-averse. However, the institution also mentioned that if military actions are prolonged and crude oil futures prices remain high, inflationary pressures may emerge, which could potentially slow the flow of capital into the precious metals market.

Odaily reported that according to SoSoValue data, as of 8:30 AM EST on March 2, 2026, the total net weekly bitcoin purchases by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) reached $208.79 millions, an increase of 348% compared to the previous week. Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced on March 2 that it invested $204.10 millions (a 412.8% increase compared to last week's purchase amount), acquiring 3,015 bitcoins at a price of $67,700 each, bringing its total holdings to 720,737 bitcoins. Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any bitcoin last week, marking seven consecutive weeks without purchases. Additionally, two other companies purchased bitcoin last week. Japanese food brand DayDayCook announced on February 25 that it invested $4.22 millions, buying 50 bitcoins at a price of $84,468 each, bringing its total holdings to 2,118 bitcoins; Brazilian bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on March 2 that it invested $470,000, purchasing 0.7 bitcoins at a price of $67,438.14 each, bringing its total holdings to 3,723 bitcoins. As of the time of publication, the total bitcoin holdings of global listed companies (excluding mining companies) included in the statistics reached 981,150 bitcoins, an increase of 0.31% compared to last week. The current market value is approximately $6.426 billions, accounting for 4.9% of bitcoin's circulating market capitalization.

Odaily reported that according to msx.com data, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones fell by 1.17%, the S&P 500 Index dropped by 1.18%, and the Nasdaq declined by 1.56%. In the crypto sector, Solana rose by 2.94%, Strategy (MSTR) increased by 0.72%; meanwhile, a certain exchange fell by 1.82%, Circle dropped by 1.11%, SharpLink decreased by 1.03%, and Bitmine declined by 0.21%. It is reported that msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform, which has launched hundreds of RWA tokens, covering AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, NVDA and other US stocks and ETF token assets.