Trump: Iran Wants to Negotiate But It's Too Late, Its Military is Irrelevant

On March 3, per Bitget market data, U.S. stocks opened lower with the following key moves: - Dow Jones dropped 1.72% - S&P 500 fell 1.56% - Nasdaq slid 2.01% Crypto-related U.S. equities broadly declined, with notable performance of major players: - MicroStrategy (MSTR): -3.6% - Coinbase (COIN): -3.49% - Circle (CRCL): -4.69% - MARA Holdings (MARA): -3.66% - Riot Blockchain (RIOT): -6.06% - Bit Digital Immersion (BTBT): -2.5% - SuperBid Entertainment (SBET): -2.57%

March 3rd, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao shared a message with the Middle East community: “To our Middle East community, recent events have saddened many. Please take care of yourselves and each other. This region is a second home to many Binance staff—including myself. Binance stands with you and is confident in the strength and resilience of this community. Please stay safe.” Public records show multiple crypto industry leaders, including Binance, have established permanent entities in the UAE. On March 1st, BlockBeats learned Binance issued a company-wide internal notice ordering all UAE-based employees to avoid outdoor activities, stay indoors, and prioritize personal safety. In the UAE, Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones across the entire country. Most were intercepted by air defense systems, but some struck targets, causing casualties and facility damage: - Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra Air Base took a direct hit, leaving one dead and seven injured. - Dubai Interna

On March 3, U.S.-listed crypto fintech firm Antalpha released its 2025 annual financial report, reporting annual revenue of $79.7 million—up 68% year-over-year (YoY). Additionally, the company noted it has acquired $134 million worth of Tether Gold (XAUT) following strategic allocations to tokenized gold. As of year-end 2025, it held 39,371 XAUT tokens with $13.4 million in unrealized gains.

Apple today (March 3) unveiled its latest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, powered by the new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips—delivering groundbreaking performance gains and advanced AI capabilities to the world’s leading professional laptops. The M5 Pro and M5 Max equip the MacBook Pro with a new CPU featuring the world’s fastest CPU cores, a next-gen GPU with a neural engine accelerator built into every core, and increased unified memory bandwidth. AI performance is up to 4x faster than the previous generation, and a remarkable 8x faster than M1-based models. Available in Deep Space Black and Silver, the new MacBook Pro will begin accepting pre-orders tomorrow (March 4) and officially launch on Wednesday, March 11.

March 3rd: Local witnesses report an attack near Iran’s Assembly of Experts in Tehran, the capital. The assembly is the body responsible for electing Iran’s Supreme Leader. (Golden Finance)

March 3, per an official announcement, Binance and Binance Wallet have officially rolled out their first batch of 7 AI Agent skills, covering wallet data and spot API functionality. The skills are as follows: - Binance Spot Skill (Binance Spot): Supports market data access, trading operations, API Key/Secret signature authentication, and is compatible with both mainnet and testnet environments; - Address Insight (Query Address Info): Generates wallet holdings, valuation, 24-hour changes, and concentration profiles to support whale/smart money monitoring and daily address reports; - Token Details (Query Token Info): Instantly provides token symbol, blockchain, price, liquidity metrics, holder count, and trading activity—ideal for initial new coin screening and content creation; - Market Rankings (Crypto Market Rank): Aggregates trends, hot searches, net inflows, trader P&L, and other metrics into rankings, delivering a priority list of "what to focus on today and why"; - Meme Rush: Tra