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.

Solana (SOL) has logged a golden cross on the hourly chart as the token pushed back above $90 and retested the $91 area. The price dipped to $89.47 before rebounding, and at the time of writing SOL was at $91.71, up 2.58% over the past 24 hours. Trading volume also rose 10.55% in the same period to $4.4 billion, while RSI was reported at 68.07, near overbought levels.

Tether said it has retained a "Big Four" accounting firm to carry out its first full, independent audit of its financial statements. The USDT issuer, which it describes as having a $184 billion market capitalization and serving more than 550 million users, framed the engagement as its most extensive inaugural audit and a step toward higher assurance for stablecoin reserves and operations.

Arbitrum Sepolia, Arbitrum's main testnet, stopped producing blocks after a consensus failure at block 204606366. The incident triggered a split between ARM and x86 node operators and disrupted activity from 6:44 AM to 9:02 PM. Engineers at Offchain Labs are deploying emergency mitigations while a longer-term Nitro update and new snapshot are planned.

XRP rose 6.06% in the last 24 hours to $1.44, briefly touching $1.46 and pushing above the $1.40 level. The move helped XRP turn March positive at +2.74% after five straight red monthly closes, but analyst CasiTrades warns the bounce could fade unless price can break $1.51–$1.55 and hold above $1.65.

The Solana Foundation released a report on Monday describing a "full-spectrum" privacy framework that lets enterprises adjust what data is visible while aiming to keep performance and compliance intact. The model spans pseudonymity, confidentiality, anonymity, and fully private designs, with options such as auditor keys for legally required access. In market trading, SOL was at $91.83 at press time with $5 billion in 24-hour volume, up 1.10% on the day and down 2.18% over the week.

XRP is showing a tighter trading structure on the chart after months in a broader downtrend, while network activity has accelerated. Over a 24-hour window, XRP Ledger payment transactions between accounts rose by roughly 100%, potentially signaling renewed engagement. The setup remains neutral-to-bearish until price regains key moving averages, and the on-chain spike needs to persist to suggest a trend.

Binance Margin is ending support for 14 margin trading pairs, including XRP/BNB, with borrowing already suspended on March 24 and a full delisting process set for March 27. If positions are not closed before then, the exchange will force-close and liquidate them at market price, cancel related orders, and impose an approximately three-hour management freeze during the removal.