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The US and Israel attacked the Office of the Expert Council in Iran, where a new Supreme Leader of the country was scheduled to be elected in the coming days.
The organization is responsible for the continuous governance of the country and the succession of power — it is there that the head of state is elected, who remains in office for life. The headquarters is now completely destroyed — Iranians have already hoisted the national flag on the ruins.
The council consists of prominent religious and political figures of Iran. Among them is Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, who is considered the leading ca

Queues at gas stations in Phuket after news about the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — Russian tourists and locals rushed to fill up tanks and cans due to the potential increase in gasoline prices starting March 4.
People have been gathering since the evening in Bang Tao and Bang Chak — some gas stations have signs stating that gasoline is not sold in cans, only directly into the tank. Therefore, they are filling up as much as they can amid the situation in the Middle East — Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to open fire on any vessel attempting to pass through

💰 #BNB YZi Labs allocated $100 million to Hash Global BNB Holdings Fund, an institutional BNB yield fund.

New wave of rocket attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on central Israel

⛏🙅‍♂ #BTC MARA announced that it has revised its digital asset management strategy for 2026, allowing the sale of BTC held on its balance sheet.
Previously:
- Bitdeer sold all of their mined BTC
- Core Scientific plans to sell almost all of their 2500 BTC

🔴 Urgent/Islamic Republic attack on Hamad International Airport in Qatar

😲🚀 #NEAR +28% on the launch of Confidential Intents today at 02:02 MSK. Eight minutes after the announcement, the token secured a top spot in spot and futures purchases across all CEXs.
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👋 #AAVE Aave Chan Initiative (ACI), a leading service provider for Aave DAO, will leave the DAO by July amid ongoing management tensions within Aave. theblock

⛏️ #BTC #AI Core Scientific miners plan to sell approximately all 2,500 BTC in the first quarter of 2026 to increase liquidity and fund expenses related to AI implementation. #mining

👍 #RWA TD Securities considers NYSE tokenization a turning point for institutional investors. cointelegraph

😃 Andrey Grachev: Over the past month, we've accumulated quite a lot of sh*ttokens, altcoins, #BTC and #BNB. . We're waiting for the market to start rising again, and you'll see such market activity that you've probably never seen before, lol.

🤔 #HYPE Trading activity for derivatives contracts linked to traditional assets has significantly increased.
An analyst stated that Hyperliquid serves as a "price discovery" venue over the weekends, and open interest in futures tied to traditional assets has reached a record high. bloomberg

📈 #BTC #ETH #ETF Yesterday, the total net inflow of spot BTC ETFs was approximately $458.19 million.
The total net inflow of spot ETH ETFs was approximately $38.69 million.

🔮 Nasdaq plans to offer "prediction-based options" with "yes" or "no" bets. This will allow traders to take binary positions on events related to the Nasdaq-100 and Nasdaq-100 Micro indices, rather than outcomes related to other events such as sports, culture, or politics.
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The United States is considering relocating the THAAD and Patriot systems from South Korea to the Middle East due to concerns over interceptor stockpiles, reports The Chosun Daily. Here are the main points:
— The US has destroyed all Iranian warships in the Persian Gulf. There is a US naval group there with the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and seven destroyers, — Centcom.
— The US and Israel attacked a building of the Iranian state broadcaster in Tehran. Local authorities reported that this did not affect television broadcasting.
— The Israeli army struck Hezbollah headquarters, 50 wea