XRP has remained in a downtrend from July 21, 2025 through March 24, 2026 and is now testing support at the lower edge of a broadening wedge. If that floor breaks, analyst EGRAG CRYPTO says the price could drop 43% from current levels toward about $0.28, while a hold could open a rebound toward $3.50–$3.84. At publication time, XRP was down 6.58% over seven days, trading around $1.40.

Bitcoin (BTC) has climbed about 12% since the U.S.-Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, trading near $71,144 as of March 24, 2026. Over the same period, gold (XAUT) is down 16% to roughly $4,420, while the S&P 500 (SPX) was off 4% from the conflict's start, at about 6,580.99 as of March 23, 2026.

Cardano (ADA) was trading at $0.26 at the time of writing after rising 2.84% over the past day, though it remained 71% below $0.90 in September 2025 and 91.5% under its $3.10 September 2021 peak. Data show ADA's 365-day MVRV is down 43% and open interest stands at $374.21 million, down 3.49% over the last 24 hours. Analysts also highlighted oversold technical signals and several upcoming network milestones that could influence near-term support and resistance levels.

Strategy Inc. has filed with the SEC to raise up to $44.1 billion through new equity offerings, aiming to fund additional Bitcoin purchases. The filing covers $21 billion in Class A common stock (MSTR), $21 billion in “Stretch” preferred (STRC), and $2.1 billion in “Strike” preferred (STRK). After the disclosure, MSTR closed at $138.20, up 1.87% for the session.

BlackRock opened the week of March 23 with more than $77 million in net withdrawals across its two spot crypto ETFs. On Monday, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) posted a 658 BTC outflow (about $46 million), while iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHE) recorded a 14,802 ETH outflow worth roughly $31.74 million.

As of March 23, 2026, an analysis of 5,000 XRP Ledger blocks found that payments accounted for 53.20% of over 1 million sampled transactions. OfferCreate activity followed with about 371,895 transactions (34.2%), while NFTokenBurn ranked third at about 65,369. In the same block set, Ripple USD (RLUSD) led stablecoin-related transfers with 92,699, ahead of ARK at about 10,281.

Bitcoin (BTC) has logged its longest stretch of moving independently from the S&P 500 since 2020, while BTC remained in a falling trend from September 2025 through March 23. The coin is down more than 45% since the October 11, 2025, crypto crash and was trading around $68,471 at press time. Over the same period, the S&P 500 gave back a Q4 2025 8.7% rally that pushed it to about 7,000 before sliding over the last two months.

Bitcoin (BTC) showed a fresh sell signal on March 19 after drifting lower for three days and trading around $70,134 at press time. Technical analysis points to a bearish rising-wedge setup that could open the door to a drop toward $52,500 even as institutional demand remains elevated. Derivatives metrics also show open interest near $108.4 billion after rising more than $12.9 billion in four weeks, while funding turned negative.

On March 13, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose from $2.469 trillion to $2.572 trillion, adding $103 billion within a day. Bitcoin briefly revisited last week's high of $74,215 while Ethereum climbed above $2,200 before both eased slightly. The move was driven by a 5.45% rise in derivatives open interest to $108.62 billion and over $389.4 million in liquidations, mostly from short positions.