4 Things That Could Affect Crypto Markets Next Week

A busy week awaits on the US economic calendar as markets continue to digest the fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran over the 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 very low on Sunday, but have started their usual retreat on Monday morning.

US President Donald Trump gave details on “Operation Epic Fury” on Sunday, saying that the US will “retaliate” for the deaths of Americans, there will be many casualties in the US, military operations will continue until the “objectives are achieved,” and he said that the entire military command of Iran “is gone.”

It’s not World War Three, says Kobeissi’s letter, pointing to oil prices, which have already erased nearly half of their opening high, and US stock market futures, which have fallen slightly while gold prices have risen again. “Don’t panic, the dust will smoke,” they said.

Economic Events March 2 to 6

This week sees the release of several labor market reports, which the Federal Reserve uses to make monetary policy decisions. The first major report of the week is February’s ISM Manufacturing PMI data, released on Monday, which provides insight into the state of the manufacturing sector.

The list of employment data starts on Wednesday with the ADP employment report for February, followed by Initial Jobless Claims on Thursday, and the February Jobs Report on Friday, which will include January Retail Sales data.

Friday’s jobs report comes on the heels of surprisingly strong job gains in January, which could signal positive developments in the labor market. The report is expected to show an increase of 60,000 jobs, according to a Reuters survey.

“We saw a good January jobs report, but we also saw a really weak 2025 for the job market, so the question becomes, where do we go from here?” Kristina Hooper, chief market strategist at Man Group, told the outlet.

Important Events this week:

1. US Futures React to Iran Situation – TODAY AT 6 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 Activity Report -…

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 1, 2026

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Crypto Market Outlook

Crypto markets are back in the red today following a good Sunday. The net worth fell back to $2.35 trillion, erasing the weekend’s gains.

Bitcoin was rejected from $67,000 three times in the last 24 hours and returned to $66,300 during the Asian trading session on Monday morning. It has been trading sideways for the past three weeks, however.

Ether prices were unable to hold above $2,000 and retreated to $1,950 at the time of writing. Altcoins are mostly in the red with big losses for XRP, Solana, Cardano, Canton, and Stellar.