Riot Platforms said it sold 3,778 Bitcoin in the first quarter at an average price of $76,626, generating $289.5 million in net proceeds. The miner also reported producing 1,473 BTC in Q1 and ending the quarter with 15,680 BTC, while a separate 500 BTC wallet outflow was flagged on Thursday. Other firms including MARA Holdings, Genius Group and Nakamoto Holdings disclosed combined sales of 15,501 BTC over the past week.

Ethereum (ETH) extended its decline after failing to hold $2,120 and is now attempting to stay above $2,040. The move followed a drop from the $2,150 area, with ETH/USD breaking a bullish trend line near $2,075 and dipping to $2,016. If price remains capped below $2,120, the analysis flags $2,020 and $2,000 as key supports.

Bitcoin (BTC) was trading near $66,000 at the time of writing after sliding over the past week, while on-chain signals pointed to a possible bottom forming. The Fund Flow Ratio sat at 0.065 and BTC spot flows showed thin participation, with about $71 million in net inflows on 1 April after roughly $108 million of distribution since 30 March, leaving any rebound dependent on fresh inflows.

Bitcoin fell from the $69,250 area and later printed a low at $65,688, leaving BTC consolidating while trying to stay above $66,000. Price is trading below $67,000 and the 100-hour simple moving average, with resistance levels highlighted around $67,450 and $67,500. If BTC remains capped below $67,500–$67,800, additional downside levels cited include $65,500 and $65,000.

Ethereum's on-chain usage climbed to more than 788K daily active addresses, with over 255K new addresses created each day, even as ETH's price remained stuck in a defined range. ETH continued to trade between $1,807 support and $2,371 resistance, while derivatives and flow metrics pointed to $29.50M in spot outflows, an 8.59% drop in open interest to $28.18B, and a negative -0.0073% funding rate.

Federal prosecutors in Connecticut recovered more than $600,000 in USDT tied to a phishing scheme that used a mailed letter to trick a Ledger hardware wallet user. Court records say the victim received the letter in September 2025, and the U.S. District Court entered a forfeiture decree on March 31, 2026. The seized stablecoin is set to be returned through the Justice Department’s asset management process.

Google, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services are among the founding members of the newly launched x402 Foundation, created under the Linux Foundation to govern and standardize the x402 protocol for agentic AI payments across crypto and fiat rails. Coinbase said the protocol will not be controlled by any single company, positioning the Linux Foundation as a neutral, nonprofit home for x402.

Ripple said on April 1 that its dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD is now available on Coinone, giving South Korean users direct access via KRW markets. Coinone had announced on March 24 that it added RLUSD trading on the XRP Ledger with a reference price of 1,486 won, alongside compliance and user-protection requirements. RLUSD is positioned as a fully reserved, 1:1 USD-pegged stablecoin, and the article notes a market cap of over $1.3 billion at the time of writing.