MARA Holdings said it sold 15,133 Bitcoin (BTC) from March 4 to March 25, 2026, liquidating $1.1 billion as part of efforts to bolster its balance sheet. It used $912.8 million of the proceeds for privately negotiated repurchase agreements with certain Convertible Senior Notes holders due 2030 and 2031. The company reported holding 38,689 BTC valued at about $2.68 billion, while its shares rose over 9% to around $9.15.

A survey of 351 institutions projects that planned XRP allocations will increase from 18% in January 2026 to 25% by the end of 2026. The same dataset indicates institutional exposure to XRP could grow 39% over 2026, even as XRP ranks fifth by planned allocation. Bitcoin remains the top choice, with planned exposure easing from 94% in January 2026 to 91%.

Bitcoin has traded in a $62,000–$75,000 consolidation range during 25 days of the US-Iran military conflict, and was priced at $70,748 at press time after a 1.3% daily gain. Analysts remain split on the next move, citing $2.5 billion of Bitcoin ETF inflows over the past month, a drop in exchange balances to 2.4 million BTC, and downside scenarios that include $60K and even $48K.

XRP’s 30-day realized volatility on Binance fell back below 0.5 on March 25 as the token traded around $1.42. The metric, which tracks the average size of daily moves over the past 30 days on an annualized basis, previously hit the same low in late January. Historically, similar volatility compression has coincided with sharp rebounds, including a rally of over 20% to about $2.40 on January 6, 2026.

XRP Ledger activity is rising, with transactions per ledger nearing 200 as of March 24. The uptick follows a late-2025 low and has climbed for months, a range that has previously aligned with major XRP bull phases. Address growth has also accelerated, reaching about 8,170,693 on March 24, 2026 versus 4,866,823 on March 25, 2023.

Crypto traders are setting April 1, 2026 Bitcoin (BTC) price targets, with Polymarket data showing that as of March 25 nearly 21% of bets point to $65,000. Odds for $60,000 sit at 5% and $55,000 at 1%, while upside targets include $80,000 at 8% and a $150,000 level drawing the largest volume. BTC was about $71,440 at publication after a 30-day gain of 8.78%, though it was down 3.93% over seven days.

Polymarket's upcoming taker fee parameters, scheduled to take effect on March 30, 2026, could generate about $800,000 to $1 million per day based on recent trading volumes. As of March 24, 2026, the platform logged roughly $9.55 billion in volume over the prior 30 days, implying about $25 million in monthly revenue and around $300 million annualized at current activity levels.

Bernstein reiterated on March 24 that Bitcoin may have already formed a cycle low after falling 50% from its peak, arguing institutional buying is reshaping the market's typical four-year rhythm. The firm raised its 2026 price target to $150,000, citing ~30% downside correction paired with less than 5% ETF outflows and projecting a potential 2027 peak of $200,000.

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.