Bitcoin held the $65,200 area after sliding to a Monday low of $65,112, then rebounded to $67,402 as Asian markets opened. The move came as Iran-backed Houthi forces said they were ready to intervene, alongside broader macro stress that saw Brent crude near $115 a barrel and regional equities fall more than 3%.

Aave Labs launched Aave V4 on Ethereum on March 30, 2026, introducing a modular "hub-and-spoke" design that centralizes liquidity while enabling separate spoke markets with distinct risk settings. The update aims to broaden supported collateral by containing insolvency risk within individual hubs, and new spoke deployments will initially be gated through DAO governance before any potential move toward permissionless creation.

On March 30 in Washington, a Chainalysis report said crypto transactions connected to buying low-cost military drones and parts can be traced across public blockchains. The analysis linked payments of $2,200 to $3,500 to specific drone-related listings on e-commerce platforms and noted pro-Russia groups have raised more than $8.3 million in crypto donations since 2022, while describing crypto as a secondary channel versus conventional payments.

Shiba Inu's Shibarium network saw daily transactions drop to 1,580 after peaking at 10,940 on March 26, a decline of 85.55% tied to ongoing explorer and server upgrades. Developers say the chain is still operating normally, while a full re-index and a Shibariumscan rebuild have temporarily skewed reported totals and other on-chain metrics.

On March 30, 2026, the Midnight network reached its genesis block and began operating as a privacy-focused blockchain built under Input Output and associated with founder Charles Hoskinson. Monument Bank said it plans to tokenize up to £250 million (roughly $335 million) of retail deposits on Midnight, while the network debuts with federated node operators including Google Cloud, MoneyGram, and Worldpay. NIGHT was reported trading down over 90% from its post-launch high of about $0.45 reached shortly after its September 2025 debut.

Bitcoin hovered near the $68,000 area on Monday, March 30, 2026, as it tested resistance during a broader US stock rally. The move followed investor reaction to President Donald Trump's comments about seeking to wind down US military operations in Iran, with analysts saying his posts this week could outweigh scheduled macro data in driving volatility.

A March 30, 2026 SEC filing outlines the proposed T-Strive Digital Credit ETF (DGCR), an actively managed fund designed to seek current income from preferred securities tied to bitcoin treasury companies. The structure names Strive Asset Management LLC as sub-adviser and uses preferred shares and derivatives such as total return swaps for indirect exposure. The filing says the ETF is “non-diversified,” may hold a concentrated portfolio, and will not invest directly in bitcoin.

XRP traded around $1.34 after dipping to $1.31 earlier in the week, while its on-chain and derivatives indicators pointed in different directions. XRPL AMM liquidity was reported at $1.9M and DEX liquidity at $104.2B after a post-ETF peak of $280B, as Binance and Bybit showed open-interest drops of -$76M and -$61M on March 24. At the same time, ETF flows and exchange-scarcity data suggested accumulation, with XRP ETFs posting +$2.66M net inflows for March 23–27 and the Binance scarcity index reaching 0.59.