Shiba Inu (SHIB) is trading at $0.00000609, up 6.01% over the past 24 hours, but price remains constrained near the $0.0000060 resistance area. Crypto Patel said SHIB was rejected after reaching $0.00000628 on March 25 and later $0.00000616 on March 30, keeping the 4-hour structure fragile. The analyst pointed to potential downside levels at $0.00000562 and $0.00000523, while exchange net inflows rose 2.5% to 161 billion SHIB within 24 hours and reserves increased to 81.51 trillion SHIB from 81.32 trillion on April 1.

Ethereum traded at $2,060.48 at 12:12 UTC on April 3, with RSI at 48.24 and price still under the 50 SMA at $2,079.21 after a sharp drop from $2,160 to $2,020 following a Trump speech on April 2. CryptoQuant data shows ETH derivatives open interest has fallen to 13.4B and funding rates in 2026 have moved to near-zero and, at times, negative. A weekly channel analysis highlights $2,060 as a key level, with $1,551 and $1,070 as potential supports if it breaks.

Japan’s revised Payment Services Act framework limits “digital-money type stablecoins” to licensed domestic issuers, with rules effective from June 2023 and additional refinements scheduled by June 2026. JPYC Co. launched a fully regulated yen-pegged stablecoin in October 2025 and set targets of 10 trillion yen in circulation over three years and 60 trillion yen within five years. The structure also constrains access to foreign dollar stablecoins, with USDT largely restricted and USDC offered through a limited regulated pathway via SBI VC Trade.

XRP has posted six straight months in the red, marking its longest monthly losing streak since 2014, and has fallen more than 55% since October 2025. The token is hovering around $1.32 and is now being watched for a possible shift in momentum, with $1.38 highlighted as a key resistance level.

Chainlink [LINK] saw the count of whales holding well over 1 million LINK increase from 100 in April 2025 to 125 in April 2026, even as price action stayed bearish. The Chainlink Reserve added 137,004 LINK (worth $1.17 million) and reached 2.93 million LINK valued at $25.6 million, while LINK has ranged since early February and could revisit 2025 highs near $27 if it breaks above resistance.

Bitcoin (BTC) rose modestly on April 3 and briefly traded above $67,200 as daily funding rates increased by more than 300%. The move suggests leveraged traders expanded bullish positioning, though open interest was down 0.12% at the time of writing. Analysts framed the divergence as a funding spike driven more by trader repositioning than by a clear surge of new capital.

Riot Platforms said it sold 3,778 Bitcoin in Q1 2026 for $289.5 million, while producing 1,473 BTC over the same period. The miner finished the quarter with 15,680 BTC, down 18% from 18,005 at the end of 2025, as it directed capital toward high-performance computing colocation and other infrastructure needs.

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood said Bitcoin is now a "proven" technology and asset class and should no longer suffer 85% to 95% collapses from all-time highs. In comments aired April 1, she argued that even a 50% drop would be viewed as comparatively mild, while a separate forecast on X pointed to $34,000 as the next potential BTC floor.