XRP is showing early improvement in risk-adjusted performance as its Sharpe Ratio has recently edged into positive territory. Large wallets have been accumulating over the past month, while XRP futures markets show heavier leverage and repeated liquidation spikes that could increase downside risk. Separately, filings point to about $152 million in net exposure held across multiple spot XRP ETFs, and cumulative net flows across Ripple Spot ETFs reached $1.21B last week.

Canada's federal government introduced Bill C-25 on March 26, a proposal that would ban cryptocurrency donations across the political system as part of a wider election reform package. The measure would bar crypto contributions to parties, candidates, riding associations, leadership contestants, and third-party advertisers, citing traceability and foreign-interference risks. The bill has passed first reading and still needs to clear additional legislative steps to become law.

The Senate Banking Committee is aiming to hold Kevin Warsh’s confirmation hearing for Federal Reserve chair during the week of April 13, with timing dependent on his paperwork being completed. The schedule could position Warsh to replace Jerome Powell before Powell’s term ends on May 15, while opposition from Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Thom Tillis may slow the process and extend policy uncertainty for risk assets.

Midas said it raised $50 million in a Series A led by RRE and Creandum, with additional backing from a mix of crypto and institutional investors. The company also unveiled Midas Staked Liquidity, a redemption facility with up to $40 million of initial capacity aimed at delivering instant liquidity for tokenized assets across DeFi and CeFi venues.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $296 million in net outflows from March 24 to March 27, after starting the week with $167.2 million of inflows. The heaviest pullback came on Friday, when total outflows hit $225.5 million, with BlackRock's IBIT cited as the main source of redemptions.

Digital asset investment products logged $414 million in weekly outflows, snapping a five-week run of inflows and pulling total AUM down to $129 billion. The U.S. accounted for $445 million of withdrawals, while Germany and Canada saw $21.2 million and $15.9 million of inflows, respectively. Solana traded at $84.22 at press time after slipping below $120 resistance, with $74 flagged as key support.

Aave has rolled out V4 on Ethereum mainnet, introducing a hub-and-spoke structure aimed at supporting real-world-asset collateral and fixed-rate credit products while keeping liquidity centralized. The update adds governance-controlled "spoke" markets with separate collateral rules and risk parameters, and launches with partners including Lido, EtherFi, Kelp, Ethena, and Lombard. Chainlink is the exclusive oracle provider, and Aave Labs also introduced Aave Pro as the primary interface for V4 markets at launch.

Ripple Prime, formed after Ripple's $1.25 billion Hidden Road deal, was added to DTCC's NSCC participant directory effective March 2, 2026, with broker identifiers that allow it to operate as a clearing and executing broker. The approval for OTC trades was confirmed in a DTCC notice dated February 27, and the setup is described as a way to route institutional post-trade activity onto the XRP Ledger alongside services for XRP and RLUSD.