XRP finished Q1 2024 down -27.3% and is trading near $1.35 after a brief early-January spike to $2.42. OKX shifted about 32.86 billion SHIB from a hot wallet to cold storage, while Michael Saylor reintroduced the "laser eyes" meme as Strategy reported 762,099 BTC held and outlined a $44 billion purchase plan.

World Foundation said it completed a $65 million over-the-counter sale of WLD, with the first settlement on March 20 and a related X thread posted on March 28. The sale averaged roughly $0.2719 per token, with $25 million worth of tokens locked for six months, while the rest is intended for operations such as R&D and Orb manufacturing. Attention is also on July 23, 2026, when about 52.5% of WLD's total supply is scheduled to unlock.

Traders on Polymarket are increasingly pricing in that Ether may lose the crypto market’s No. 2 ranking in 2026, with the contract’s odds rising from 17% at the start of the year to above 59%. Over the past five years, ETH market-cap growth lagged USDT and USDC, while US spot Ethereum ETF AUM fell to $11.76 billion in March from $31.86 billion last October.

On March 29, 2026, the report says publicly listed Bitcoin miners have sold more than 15,000 BTC from corporate treasuries in recent months as they redirect capital into AI data centers, while network hashrate fell from about 1,160 to 920 EH/s. Despite those one-off liquidations, CryptoQuant's Miners Position Index (30-day MA) is described as back near 2024 lows, suggesting reduced near-term exchange outflows. CoinShares estimates average cash cost to mine 1 BTC at roughly $79,995 in Q4 2025, with BTC trading around $67,000–$70,000 during the period discussed.

BNP Paribas said it will start offering six Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) tied to Bitcoin and Ethereum on March 30, 2026, giving eligible retail and private banking clients in France access via standard securities accounts. The bank is also piloting a tokenized money market fund share class on the public Ethereum network and is backing the 12-bank Qivalis consortium targeting a euro-backed stablecoin launch in the second half of 2026.

Bitcoin dipped to around $65,500 on Friday before clawing back, briefly retaking $67,000 on Saturday, March 28. On-chain figures show BTC net short positioning rose more than 52% over the past two days, a setup that could amplify moves if price continues higher. BTC was trading near $66,880 at the time of writing, up nearly 2% over the prior 24 hours.

XRP is showing early signs of a trend shift after a recent sell-off, with a symmetrical triangle on the four-hour chart implying a possible 30% swing. The setup tightened as price hovered around $1.34–$1.36 and struggled to hold above resistance near $1.50. At press time, XRP traded at $1.33, down about 0.65% in 24 hours and 4.5% over seven days.

Goldman Sachs analyst James Yaro wrote in a client note this week that Bitcoin's drawdown has roughly reached the cycle's historical peak-to-trough average, framing current levels as a selective entry point. On-chain tracking shows long-term holder profitability sliding from 58% to 3% over 142 days since the October 6, 2025 peak, while LTH-NUPL remains above zero. Price action from March 25–29 saw BTC fall from about $71,750 to near $65,500 before consolidating around $66,000–$67,000, as Bernstein reiterated a $150,000 year-end 2026 target.