4 things that could affect the crypto markets in the coming week

It’s a busy week ahead on the U.S. economic calendar as markets digest the fallout from the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran this weekend.

Volatility will be high this week as US stock futures open and react to the weekend’s violence in the Middle East. Crypto markets remained relatively flat on Sunday, but began a normal Monday morning rebound.

U.S. President Donald Trump detailed “Operation Epic Rage” on Sunday, saying the U.S. would “retaliate” for American deaths, that there would be more U.S. casualties, that military operations would continue until targets were reached, and that Iran’s entire military command was “gone.”

This is not World War III, Kobesi’s letter said, pointing to oil prices that have already nearly halved their highs and U.S. stock futures that were slightly lower as gold rebounded. “Don’t panic, the dust will fall,” they said.

Economic events from March 2 to 6

This week sees the release of many labor market reports that the Federal Reserve will look to for its monetary policy decisions. The first major report of the week is the ISM Manufacturing PMI for February, which was released on Monday and provides insight into the state of the manufacturing sector.

The tranche of employment data begins on Wednesday with the February ADP jobs report, followed by Initial Jobless Claims on Thursday and the February Jobs Report on Friday, which also includes January retail sales data.

Friday’s jobs report comes after surprising January job gains, likely pointing to positive developments in the labor market. The report is expected to show an increase of 60,000 jobs, according to a Reuters poll.

“We saw a good jobs report in January, but we also saw a weak 2025 in the labor market, so the question is where do we go from here?” Christina Hooper, chief market strategist at Man Group, told the publication.

This week’s highlights:

1. US Futures Reaction to Iran Situation – TODAY 6:00 PM ET

2. February ISM Manufacturing PMI data – Monday

3. February ADP employment data – Wednesday

4. Initial unemployment claims data – Thursday

5. January retail sales data – Friday

6. February jobs report -…

— Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 1, 2026

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Crypto market outlook

Crypto markets are back in the red today after a positive Sunday. The total fell to $2.35 trillion, erasing the weekend’s gains.

Bitcoin has declined three times in the past 24 hours at $67,000 and has fallen to $66,300 during the Asian morning trading session on Monday. However, it has been trading sideways for the past three weeks.

The price of Ether could not exceed $2,000, and at the time of writing it had fallen to $1,950. Altcoins are mostly in the red with bigger losses for XRP, Solana, Cardano, Canton and Stellar.