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On February 27, 2026, U.S. equity futures fell after January producer prices beat forecasts, reviving concern about the timing of Fed rate cuts. S&P 500 futures slid 1%, Nasdaq 100 lost 1.1%, and Dow Jones futures dropped 1.2%, while Nvidia fell over 5% on Thursday and Netflix rose more than 6% in premarket trade.

On Friday, Bitcoin fell below $65,500 as U.S. wholesale inflation and equity jitters intensified. Analysts cut U.S. stocks to neutral on overvaluation, a weaker dollar and policy risks, while the 10-year yield slid to 3.97% from 4.21% over three weeks, sparking rotation talk toward BTC.

On February 27, 2026, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (DJT) said it is discussing a plan to carve out Truth Social and related units into a publicly traded SpinCo that would later combine with Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp. American Bitcoin reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $59.45 million on $78.3 million in revenue for the three months ended Dec. 31, alongside a sector pullback.

On February 26, TeraWulf Inc. reported fourth-quarter results that missed expectations, with revenue at $35.8 million versus $44.1 million forecast and a $1.66 loss per share. Management highlighted pressure from Bitcoin's decline and noted AI/HPC leasing revenue increased to $9.7 million while mining revenue fell to $26.1 million.

A cluster of Polymarket wallets has made confident company‑earnings bets focused on firms audited by KPMG. Analysts observed concentration across 155 prediction pairs and wagers placed shortly before public disclosures. In February, prediction markets handled about $21B in volume, with Polymarket at $7.34B, both lower than January levels of over $26B and $7.6B.

On February 27, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. said it would invest $50 billion in OpenAI as part of the AI firm's $110 billion private funding round, valuing OpenAI at $730 billion pre-money. The multi-year arrangement also designates Amazon Web Services as OpenAI's exclusive third-party cloud provider and expands OpenAI's AWS usage by $100 billion over eight years. Amazon shares traded around $208.21 with a modest intraday gain and a market cap near $2.218 trillion following the announcement.

On February 27, 2026, Moderna's stock fluctuated as the European Medicines Agency's CHMP issued a positive opinion for mCOMBRIAX, its combination influenza and COVID-19 vaccine for adults 50 and older. The shares initially spiked but then traded at $51.06, down 1.27% in early U.S. trading, even as Phase 3 data supported the recommendation and analysts remained divided on the company's outlook.

MARA Holdings said it booked a $1.71 billion net loss in Q4 2025 and a 6% revenue drop to $202.3 million as Bitcoin weakness drove a $1.5 billion revaluation. Shares rose about 12% pre-market while the firm outlined an AI and high-performance computing pivot, including a joint venture targeting over 1 gigawatt of IT capacity.

U.S. margin balances reached $1.279 trillion in Jan‑2026, a $53.445 billion increase from Dec‑2025, underscoring the leverage behind Bitcoin's advance. The U.S. Treasury's Feb. 4 guidance outlined up to $38B in liquidity buybacks and $75B for cash management, shaping collateral conditions as recession‑leaning indicators and policy timing keep risk correlations elevated.

Bitcoin fell about 3.3% within four hours on February 27, sliding from $68,000 to $65,770 after failing to reclaim $70,000 during the rebound that began on February 24. The $64,000 area is flagged as pivotal support, and a breach is seen as risking deeper losses and potential spillovers to U.S. equities.