On April 6, on-chain metrics showed XRP holder profitability deteriorating, with more than half of the circulating supply underwater and just 43.4% still in profit. Over the past year, average active XRP Ledger wallets were down about 41%, while realized losses at times climbed to $110 million. XRP traded at $1.31 at press time, down 2.5% in 24 hours, as support near $1.28 remained in focus.

On April 7, ADA fell 4.85% to $0.2437 after a brief April 6 push to $0.26, with RSI at 31.71 and the 50 SMA at $0.2486 acting as resistance. Santiment data puts Cardano's 365-day MVRV at -43% while Binance shows its largest short ratio since June 2023, as community sentiment remains 79% bullish despite a reported 400% decline since November 2025.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs logged $471.4 million of net inflows on April 6, the biggest one-day total in at least six weeks. The gains were broad-based, led by BlackRock's IBIT ($181.9 million) and Fidelity's FBTC ($147.3 million), with no fund showing an outflow. Bitcoin opened at $68,978 and traded toward $70,000 as the move was tied to shifting macro headlines rather than a crypto-specific trigger.

XRP fell 2.5% on April 7 and was trading around $1.30 after an early push toward $1.35 was rejected. Spot flow stayed positive with Binance spot CVD at $520.2 million, while perpetual CVD remained negative at -$261 million and open interest rose as price dropped. RSI was 33.62 and the market focus turned to Friday's CPI as a potential driver for whether $1.30 holds or breaks.

Japan is reworking crypto taxation and oversight, including a move away from a miscellaneous income rate of up to 55% toward a 20.315% separate tax framework, with full enforcement tied to a Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA) update on Jan. 1, 2028. The package also adds a three-year loss carryforward and changes corporate treatment from the fiscal year starting April 1, 2026. Critics argue the 2028 schedule could slow the rollout of products such as bitcoin ETFs.

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Bitcoin has not yet flashed three indicators that have often coincided with bear-market bottoms, including reclaiming the short-term holder (STH) cost basis, per analyst Willy Woo. The STH cohort is defined as buyers from the past 155 days, and their average breakeven is cited around $81,000, leaving recent holders with more than a 14% unrealized loss. Bitcoin ended last week below $67,000 and later rebounded to about $69,500 to start Monday.

Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl says a Google Quantum AI paper is compressing the expected timeline for quantum machines to threaten classical cryptography, pushing public blockchains to prepare now. In his note, he highlights the XRP Ledger and Solana as early networks testing post-quantum cryptography, alongside a migration timeline pointing to 2029.