Israel Strikes Iran's Nuclear Core Region in Tehran Regime Mega Attack

On March 2nd, Anthropic’s popular AI chatbot Claude suffered a service outage Monday, per monitoring site Downdetector, with thousands of users reporting issues. The exact cause of the outage remains unknown. In an initial status update, Anthropic noted some services were seeing "elevated error rates" and said it launched an investigation at 11:49 AM London time. Per the company’s status page, the outage impacted users of the Claude chatbot and Anthropic’s programming service, Claude Code.

March 2nd – Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, stated Iran’s armed forces operate solely in defense, will not hesitate to defend themselves and their 6,000-year-old civilization, and will make enemies regret any miscalculations. He added Iran is prepared for a protracted war, unlike the U.S. in terms of readiness.

March 2: Per The Wall Street Journal, crypto investor Anthony Pompliano’s publicly traded Bitcoin treasury firm ProCap Financial is actively repurchasing shares to narrow its net asset value (NAV) discount while simultaneously acquiring an additional 450 bitcoins.

March 2 (local time) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Germany will not participate in any military action against Iran. Additionally, Maas noted that German Bundeswehr troops in the Middle East may defend themselves if attacked, but Germany will not take further action. Some Bundeswehr forces are currently stationed in Jordan and Iraq.

March 2nd — The cryptocurrency market tested lower levels again last Saturday amid the Middle East conflict. QCP Capital noted the initial drop triggered roughly $300 million in long liquidations, but deleveraging was relatively limited—suggesting the market had pared positions ahead of the recent volatility. Laser Digital pointed out U.S. stocks rebounded from session lows, the U.S. dollar and oil prices gave back early gains, and Bitcoin reclaimed lost ground. Traders are betting the economic impact will be limited unless energy supply routes stay disrupted. For crypto options, the short-term reaction was strong but the long-term impact muted. QCP added that as the conflict escalated, investors were seen boosting long positions for late March—signaling some traders are positioning for a rebound after months of consecutive weak performance. Macro-driven cautious sentiment is just as critical as geopolitical factors. Linh Tran, Senior Market Analyst at XS.com, said the market

March 2, local time — Tehran, Iran’s capital, came under attack with multiple explosions rocking several areas including the city center. Blasts were reported in Tajrish, Ferdowsi Square, the area housing the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s police unit, and other locations. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later confirmed its air force had launched a new round of “large-scale” airstrikes against Iranian targets in Tehran that day.