XRP whale wallets expanded their combined balances by 1.09% over the past nine days, adding more than 120 million tokens and reaching a local peak on March 28. From March 22 to March 30, whale holdings rose from about 11.05B XRP to roughly 11.17B, while XRP traded down 6.05% to $1.347 at reporting time. The move came as XRP-linked investment vehicles recorded inflows last week, alongside technical signals that suggested a possible near-term reversal.

Crypto commentator Myles G says XRP's roughly 20% decline over the past two weeks is being driven mainly by Middle East war headlines and what he calls extreme market manipulation, rather than changes in fundamentals. He highlights bitcoin retesting $65,000 support and places XRP near $1.32, warning it could dip to about $1.26 if support breaks. He also points to March 17 statements he says labeled XRP a commodity and discusses a potential "CLARITY ACT" timeline and April seasonality as possible tailwinds.

Cardano's Midnight network has entered its mainnet phase, marking the start of broader on-chain activity for the privacy-focused chain. The project is described by Cardano as a "fourth generation" blockchain built over more than eight years, with about six years spent on active development. The rollout is intended to let developers, partners and institutions deploy apps and migrate assets while introducing an architecture designed to make transaction costs more predictable.

Market commentator Will Taylor says XRP is nearing a technical inflection point as a descending wedge tightens and weekly momentum looks oversold. In "The Weekly Insight—Week 188," he argues liquidity and positioning suggest downside may be tiring, even if crypto sees one more modest dip. XRP was trading at $1.35 at press time.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies said it added 71,179 ETH in the week ending March 29, worth over $140 million at roughly $2,005 per token. Over the same March 23–29 window, Strategy disclosed it made no Bitcoin purchases and did not issue shares via its at-the-market program. Both firms hold about 3.6%–3.9% of their network supply, but their treasury approaches and mNAV multiples differ.

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.

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.

Aave has deployed on OKX's Ethereum Layer-2 network, X Layer, enabling OKX Wallet users to access Aave lending markets without bridging or setting up a separate wallet. The launch uses Aave v3.6 and supports eight assets, with six Efficiency Modes that can offer up to 88% loan-to-value on select liquid staking pairs. Aave holds $23.8 billion in TVL across its deployments, while X Layer's TVL was around $25 million before the integration.