BF205 - Top Bitcoin News - 3/1/26

🎙 Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 205

Date: March 1, 2026
Block Height: 938,901
Moscow Time: 1503
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NEWS (February 22– March 1, 2026)

 

📰 Market & Macro

Tariff Uncertainty Impacts Bitcoin
Barron’s
https://www.barrons.com/articles/bitcoin-price-crypto-trump-tariffs-xrp-aa97476d

Fed Officials See No Urgent Policy Change
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/two-fed-officials-do-not-see-imminent-need-change-monetary-policy-2026-02-24/

Fed’s Waller on Jobs Data & Policy Pause
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/feds-waller-january-jobs-data-an-upside-surprise-if-it-continues-policy-pause-2026-02-23/

OCBC Explores Physical Gold Custody Amid Demand Surge
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapores-ocbc-bank-explores-physical-gold-custody-business-institutional-2026-02-25/

📊 ETF Flows & Institutional Activity

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Record Five Straight Weeks of Outflows
The Block
https://www.theblock.co/post/390706/spot-bitcoin-etfs-notch-five-straight-weeks-of-outflows-for-first-time-since-march-2025

Spot Bitcoin ETFs See $257M Inflows
Cointelegraph
https://cointelegraph.com/news/spot-bitcoin-etfs-257m-inflows-fbtc-ibit-bitcoin-65k

Bitcoin ETFs Post $506M Inflows
Bitcoin Magazine
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/bitcoin-etfs-post-half-a-billion-inflows

ETF Outflows & Key Support Levels to Watch
MarketWatch
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-etfs-are-hemorrhaging-billions-heres-what-investors-awaiting-a-crypto-turnaround-should-watch-for-33d31eed

🏢 Corporate Bitcoin & TradFi Integration

Strategy Continues Bitcoin Purchases Amid Price Drop
MarketWatch
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/strategy-shows-no-fear-it-keeps-adding-to-a-losing-bitcoin-position-as-prices-drop-950e8de1

DDC Surpasses 2,000 BTC Treasury Holdings
Nasdaq / Business Wire
https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/ddc-surpasses-2000-bitcoin-treasury-holdings-additional-80-btc-purchase-2026-02-17

Morgan Stanley Plans Bitcoin Custody, Trading & Lending
Bankless Times
https://www.banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/02/27/morgan-stanley-plans-to-offer-bitcoin-custody-trading-yield-and-lending/

Banks Expand Regulated Crypto Infrastructure
Coin360
https://coin360.com/news/barclays-morgan-stanley-sofi-crypto-stablecoins-custody-solana

⛏ Mining & Infrastructure

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Jumps 15%
The Block
https://www.theblock.co/post/390599/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-jumps-15-posting-record-absolute-increase-as-hashrate-rebounds-after-us-winter-storm

MARA Earnings & AI/Data Center Pivot
Investor’s Business Daily
https://www.investors.com/news/bitcoin-price-bitcoin-etf-flows-american-bitcoin-earnings-trump-abtc-mara-terawulf-figure/

American Bitcoin Swings to Quarterly Loss
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-brothers-backed-american-bitcoin-swings-quarterly-loss-amid-crypto-selloff-2026-02-26/

⚡ Lightning & AI

Lightning Network Processes 5,000 Payments in 8 Hours
AOL Finance
https://www.aol.com/finance/lightning-network-powers-5-000-192300697.html

Lightning Labs Rolls Out AI Agent Tools
Bitcoin Magazine
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/lightning-labs-rolls-out-ai-agent-tools

🌎 Sovereign Adoption

El Salvador Overhauls Bitcoin Education Program
Yahoo News
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/el-salvador-overhauls-bitcoin-learning-114206731.html

🏛 Regulation & Markets

CFTC Leadership & Prediction Market Oversight
Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-michael-selig-prediction-markets-cftc-2026-3

🎧 Bitcoin Podcast Universe

Stephan Livera Podcast — SLP724 (Spam Debates)
https://stephanlivera.com

Stephan Livera Podcast — SLP725 ($1B Lightning Volume)
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/stephan-livera-podcast-707081/episodes/1b-monthly-volume-on-lightning-283911484

Stephan Livera Podcast — SLP726 (Stablecoins & Adoption)
https://stephanlivera.com

TFTC #721 — AI & Human Skills
https://podbay.fm/p/tftc-a-bitcoin-podcast/e/1772290826

Bitcoin Audible — Read_933
https://podscan.fm/podcasts/bitcoin-audible

The Bitcoin Standard Podcast — Episode 312
https://thebitcoinstandardpodcast.buzzsprout.com