The main events by the morning: March 3

• The bitcoin exchange rate went up sharply after Trump's words about the creation of the US crypto reserve. The American president said that the new reserve will include bitcoin, ethereum, XRP, solana and cardano. All of these cryptocurrencies have also shown growth. The current quote of the BTC/USD pair is $91,442, and the local maximum was marked at $95,151.

• China is ready for a trade war with the United States: the country plans to impose tariffs on imports of agricultural and food products from the states. This step will be a response to Trump's harsh tariff policy. At the same time, Europe, which will also be subject to harsh tariffs, will lose 1.5% of GDP. And this is without taking into account possible EU retaliatory measures, which can only make the situation worse. 

• The Moscow Exchange successfully conducted its first weekend of trading, which took place on March 1 and 2, with a total trading volume of 10.1 billion rubles. 23 professional participants participated in these auctions, 291 thousand transactions were concluded. The shares of such companies as Gazprom, T-Technologies, Sber, VTB and Novatek were the most popular.

• Macron shared the details of the European plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. The French president expressed doubts about the effectiveness of a possible truce that could be reached between the United States and Russia. In this regard, France, together with the UK, is developing its own strategy. The first step in this regard will be a cease-fire in the air and at sea, as well as the introduction of a moratorium on attacks on energy facilities. In the future, it is planned to send peacekeepers to the territory of Ukraine.

• The Hungarian Prime Minister called the decision of European countries to continue the conflict in Ukraine erroneous. Orban believes that Kiev is being pushed to continue fighting, which, in his opinion, is a bad and dangerous course.