Standard Chartered digital assets research head Geoffrey Kendrick said Ethereum could climb to $40,000 by 2030 and potentially beat Bitcoin as institutional on-chain adoption accelerates. He argued tokenization, stablecoin expansion, and early-stage compliance-focused deployments are more likely to begin on Ethereum’s mainnet before spreading to other chains and layer-2 networks.

Sentient (SENT) has staged a powerful comeback, surging 14.33% to trade at $0.01869 as of Monday, March 30, 2026. After hitting a fresh all-time low (ATL) of $0.0157 just 48 hours ago, the token decoupled from a stable broader market, supported by a staggering 754% explosion in 24-hour trading volume. While Bitcoin (BTC) and the total market cap remained nearly flat with less than 1% gains, SENT’s vertical move signals a high-conviction technical rebound fueled by intense accumulation.

PIPPIN, a Solana-based memecoin, fell 10.52% on March 29 to $0.0512 while 24-hour volume dropped 18% to $40.20 million. Whale holdings declined 25% over the past day, and positioning data highlighted $0.0467 and $0.0605 as key interest levels with $2.57 million in longs versus $4.69 million in shorts built over the past week.

Lido DAO is reviewing a proposal submitted Friday to spend $20 million worth of treasury assets on a one-time LDO buyback via swapping 10,000 stETH. LDO was reported at $0.30 with a $255 million market cap, down 95.9% from its $7.30 peak in August 2021, while Lido still holds 23.2% of staked Ether on Ethereum.

Official Trump (TRUMP) has fallen more than 96% from its early-2025 all-time high as memecoins weakened alongside broader market stress. On March 29, the project team sold 5.48 million TRUMP worth $16 million, taking January-unlock sales to 17.25 million tokens worth $57 million. TRUMP is down over 41% in two months from $4.8 to $2.8, with indicators showing heavy selling pressure.

DeFi protocols are redesigning liquidation mechanics to keep value that previously went to external MEV bots, as Ethereum lending markets hold about $2.16 billion in liquidatable positions. Aave says it has recaptured over $16.7 million in MEV on Ethereum via its SVR model and is extending SVR to Arbitrum and Base. Aave’s TVL is near $23.87 billion and its revenue is $6.24 million over 30 days, though the model’s durability is tied to ongoing market activity and volatility.

Celestia (TIA) is under growing bearish pressure as supply rises and market positioning weakens, despite a 1.3% dip over the past 24 hours. A token unlock scheduled for March 29 is expected to add roughly $85,000 worth of TIA (0.032% of circulating supply) to the market, while spot and derivatives data point to increasing downside bias.

Lido’s Ecosystem Operations team has put forward a governance proposal to let the Lido Growth Committee spend up to 10,000 stETH (about $20 million at roughly $2,000 ETH) to purchase LDO as a one-off buyback. LDO set a new all-time low near $0.27 on Mar. 7 and is trading around $0.31; at current levels, the plan could take in roughly 65 million tokens, or about 8% of circulating supply.