Analyst: Since the US-Iran conflict broke out, Bitcoin has been one of the best-performing macro assets

On March 13, U.S. President Donald Trump made the following remarks: - Regarding the U.S. escort operation in the Strait of Hormuz: "If we need to, we'll do it." - On the Strait of Hormuz: "Let's wait and see." - Concerning the Iran situation: "Next week will be a big one for them." (Source: Golden Finance)

On March 13, Bitcoin climbed roughly 2% during Friday’s European trading session, breaking above the $72,000 mark, per a Coindesk report. It outperformed risk assets despite a stronger U.S. dollar and weaker U.S. stock futures—with Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures dipping at one point, while the U.S. Dollar Index rose above 100. Derivatives data shows total cryptocurrency futures open interest (OI) jumped ~5% over the past 24 hours to $107.6 billion. Bitcoin OI hit 687,200 BTC, its highest level since late February; Ethereum OI rose to 13.72 million ETH, signaling ongoing fund inflows into long positions. If Bitcoin breaks $74,000 with significant volume, the market could test $80,000 next; if it fails to breach that level, it may stay range-bound in the zone it’s traded in since early February. Among altcoins, Trump-themed meme coin TRUMP surged over 30% in 24 hours after announcing a dinner with former President Trump for its top 297 holders. AI-focused tokens Bittensor and FE

As of March 13, DefiLlama data shows minor fluctuations in total trading volume and open interest across on-chain perpetual futures DEXs. Hyperliquid’s 24-hour trading volume ticked up slightly from the prior day, while its open interest remains elevated. Below is the latest ranking of major perpetual futures DEXs by 24-hour metrics: - Hyperliquid: ~$6.74B trading volume | ~$6.45B open interest (link: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD) - Aster: ~$2.36B trading volume | ~$1.95B open interest (link: https://www.asterdex.com/en/referral/aboter) - EdgeX: ~$2.13B trading volume | ~$1.12B open interest - Lighter: ~$1.77B trading volume | ~$736M open interest (link: https://app.lighter.xyz/?referral=70045843) - Grvt: ~$1.50B trading volume | ~$494M open interest - Pacifica: ~$482M trading volume | ~$74.33M open interest (link: https://app.pacifica.fi/?referral=pacbot)

Strategy CEO Phong Le sold 2,034 shares of MSTR on March 13 at $137.25 apiece, totaling $279,174, per a recently filed Form 144.

March 13 — Per official announcement, Bitget has launched its first Chinese contract pair, "Lobster", offering 1x to 10x leverage. The platform’s contract trading bot will also launch simultaneously.

March 13: Iran’s UN ambassador stated Iran “will not close the Strait of Hormuz,” per Golden Finance.