Dubai Airport: Limited Flights to Resume from March 2

On March 2, per HTX market data, Bitcoin rebounded sharply to push above $69,000, currently trading at $69,398—up 6.15% following the U.S. stock market’s opening.

**March 2nd Update** Last Saturday (February 28), U.S. forces conducted a strike against Iran. Early Sunday morning (March 1 Beijing time), officials confirmed Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been successfully “decapitated.” While traders had previously feared the move would weigh on markets, the core disagreement centered on the **magnitude** of the downturn. True to those concerns, U.S. stocks opened lower today: - Dow Jones Industrial Average: -1.15% - S&P 500: -1.07% - Nasdaq Composite: -1.5% However, both equities and crypto assets pared losses and turned higher after the opening bell, with: - Bitcoin: +5% (now $68,699) - Ethereum: +6.25% (now $2,035) - S&P 500: +0.23% (reversed) - Nasdaq: +0.14% - Dow Jones: +0.25% - Circle (CRCL): +11.35% - MicroStrategy (MSTR): +5.43% - Bitmine (BMNR): +7.72% - Figure (FIGR): +12.62% Notably, the U.S. military’s last comparable operation — the **attempt to detain** Venezuelan President Nicolás

On March 2, per CNN, U.S. President Donald Trump commented on Iran’s airstrike, stating: “We haven’t launched the major attack yet. The real blow is still coming. A major wave of attacks is imminent.” (Golden Ten)

Bitcoin rebounded above $68,000 on March 2, per HTX market data, last trading at $68,030 — up 3.7% since the U.S. stock market opened.

March 2nd — A large explosion was heard near a nuclear facility and airbase in Isfahan, Iran, according to an Iranian news website.

March 2: Bitcoin gained 2.3% after U.S. stocks opened, currently trading at $67,165, per HTX market data.