A whale address sold 650 ETH 14 hours ago to swap to ASTER.

March 5 — Iranian international media reported Wednesday that Iran’s Assembly of Experts will convene an emergency meeting Thursday to formally name Mujtaba Khamenei, son of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new Supreme Leader. At least eight assembly members plan to boycott the vote, arguing appointing Khamenei’s son would appear hereditary and raise questions over religious legitimacy. The last emergency session was disrupted by an Israeli airstrike on the venue before the final vote count was confirmed. Due to ongoing security concerns, the upcoming meeting will likely be held online from a secret location. (Source: Jinse)

March 5th update: Per ASXN data, daily transactions across all HIP-3 markets on HyperliquidX surged to 3.4 million on March 3, 2026—marking a new all-time high.

**March 5th Update** Independent crypto market analyst Axel Adler noted Bitcoin’s market regime score has rebounded from its year-to-date low of -47 (hit February 7) to +0.98 as of March 4—crossing back above zero. While the reading was deeper than the -37 seen in November 2025 (which took 33 days to recover) and the -35 in August (11 days), it only took 25 days to bounce back, marking a relatively faster recovery pace. The analyst highlighted two key triggers to keep the regime score in bull market territory: a normalized funding rate and Bitcoin holding above $70,000. Traders should watch for a shift toward active long position openings, he added. Meanwhile, the price structure indicator jumped from +0.07 to +0.57 between March 2 and 4—crossing zero and turning positive in tandem with the regime score. This is the first time the two metrics have aligned since January, when their synchronicity preceded a 7-8% price gain. Adler argues the simultaneous signals from these indepen

March 5th: Ethereum has fallen below $2100, currently trading at $2099.7 per HTX market data.

March 5th: Bitcoin briefly fell below $72,000 per HTX market data, last trading at $71,784.

**March 5 Update** Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring, a whale with an address starting with 0xbcd holds the largest CRCL (Circle’s mapped contract) long position on Hyperliquid: a 10x leveraged position worth $2.2M, with an average entry price of $87.1. The whale also holds 13 positions across crypto and on-chain stocks, totaling $21.6M in size. The CRCL position was opened Feb 27—during a pullback after Circle’s on-chain stock first rallied from $62 to $90—with the whale adding to longs in the $84-$89 range. Per Hyperliquid data, Circle’s on-chain stock surged again from ~$80 on March 2, hitting a high of $106; it currently trades at $105. The whale has captured the second leg of the rally, with $370K in unrealized profit (23%). Separately, in the past hour, a trader with an address starting with 0x467 opened a 10x leveraged CRCL long at an average price of $104, with a $1.14M position size. Its liquidation range is narrow, at $98.8.