RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments firm, is planning to raise $150 million in a pre-IPO round at a targeted $4 billion valuation ahead of a potential US stock market listing this year. The company reports more than $10 billion in annualized payment volume and over $150 million in annualized revenue, but is moving forward despite recent senior executive departures and the absence of a sitting CFO. Major banks are reportedly lined up as underwriters, making the deal a key test of investor demand for crypto payments infrastructure.

XRP has moved back above the $1.50 mark and is trading near $1.51 after weeks of consolidation, with derivatives positioning and liquidations now playing a larger role in price action. CryptoQuant data shows two notable waves of open interest growth on March 13 and March 16, followed by forced liquidations of short positions as XRP pushed through $1.50. While the rebound from the $1.10–$1.20 area has improved sentiment, XRP still trades below key moving averages and faces resistance around $1.70 and $2.00.

Binance's BNB Chain has set a new record as tokenized real-world assets on the network surpassed $3.15 billion in value after rising 33.8% over the past 30 days. This expansion is supported by major institutional products, including Circle's USYC with a capitalization of $2.23 billion and BlackRock's BUIDL fund holding more than $580 million on Securitize.

In the last two weeks, on-chain analyst Ali reported that XRP whales accumulated 200 million tokens, alongside rising network activity and a five-week high in active addresses. XRP's price rallied from a March 8 low of $1.32 to touch $1.60 on March 17, forming a golden cross on the four-hour chart as the 50 MA moved above the 200 MA. The asset is now battling to hold above the key $1.449 level, with potential moves back to $1.50 and $1.60 if support holds, while a drop below $1.44 could return it to a sideways range.

XRP has climbed above the $1.50 level while XRP Ledger activity exceeded 3.133 million transactions in a 24-hour span, indicating strong usage despite a cautious broader market. The asset is holding support around $1.30–$1.40 and attempting to form a short-term bullish structure, even though key moving averages remain overhead as resistance. Traders are watching whether sustained network activity and potential institutional participation can help XRP reclaim its 50-day and 100-day EMAs to trigger a larger recovery phase.

On March 18, 2026 in Tel Aviv, Playnance launched trading for its native GCOIN token on MEXC, with the GCOIN/USDT pair opening at 13:00 UTC after the Token Generation Event earlier that day. The listing follows strong early demand, including more than 1 billion GCOIN staked within hours and high engagement in an airdrop campaign with 50,000 USDT in rewards, as Playnance aims to scale its Web3 entertainment ecosystem to a global user base.

Technical analysis of XRP indicates that the token's prolonged decline from late 2025 into early 2026 is losing momentum after a brief dip below $1.30 in February. The price is now stabilizing above a support band around $1.33–$1.34, trading near $1.52 with an upside structure that highlights $1.88 as the first objective and a broader target zone between $2.09 and $2.20. As long as XRP holds above key support and avoids revisiting the earlier breakdown region near $0.88, the current setup suggests room for a medium‑term recovery move.

Shiba Inu has seen about 24 billion SHIB move off exchanges within a single day, based on the latest on-chain flow data, reducing the immediate supply available for selling. The token remains in a broader downtrend below key moving averages, but a small price rebound from recent lows and exchange outflows suggest bearish pressure may be easing even though a full trend reversal is not yet confirmed.