The Ethereum Foundation launched an ETH treasury staking program worth about $140 million, starting with 2,016 ETH and planning to increase holdings to around 70,000 ETH over time, the foundation said. The program uses open-source staking tools Dirk and Vouch, originally built by Attestant and now maintained by Bitwise Onchain Solutions, with Bitwise executives stating the move demonstrates confidence in the firm's infrastructure. Separately, Bitmine expanded its Ethereum treasury to 4,534,563 ETH as of March 8, valued at $1,965 per token, equal to 3.76% of total ETH supply, and has staked 3,040,483 ETH generating an annualized $174 million in staking revenue that could rise to $259 million under full-scale staking, the company said. Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee described the market as a late-stage "mini-crypto winter" and said the firm bought 60,976 ETH in the past week, while several analysts on X highlighted technical signals and MVRV pricing bands they believe support a potential Ethereum price recovery from $2,010.78, which was 4.5% above its 24-hour low at press time.

Cardano recorded over 1.7 billion ADA in trading volume over the past 24 hours as its price fell from an intraday high near $0.2682 to around $0.2590, down approximately 3.14%. Onchain data show roughly 230 million ADA, worth more than $63 million, entered the market through large transactions over the past week, adding selling pressure as the token tests the $0.25 support level with its Relative Strength Index near 35 on the two-week chart. Separately, the Cardano Foundation and fintech firm DFX enabled ADA payments at 137 SPAR supermarkets in Switzerland, expanding real-world adoption through faster transactions and lower costs.

Mercado Bitcoin has tokenized more than $73 million in real-world assets across 197 products on the XRP Ledger, the exchange announced. Brazil's largest crypto trading platform is expanding its $200 million roadmap with tokenized private credit, fixed income and equity instruments now available on Ripple's XRPL for instant liquidity and access to global investors. The exchange said XRP utility is seeing strong growth across Latin America as these tokenized offerings launch on the network.

The Ethereum Foundation said it has begun staking a portion of its treasury to earn on-chain rewards. The organization is allocating only part of its holdings to staking to generate additional income from its existing assets.

The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking ETH through Bitwise Onchain Solutions, depositing an initial 2,016 ETH onchain, the foundation announced. The foundation plans to stake a total of 70,000 ETH, valued at more than $140 million, using Bitwise's staking infrastructure.

The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking its treasury ETH and initially deployed 2,016 ETH using infrastructure from Bitwise Asset Management's Onchain Solutions. The organization plans to stake around 70,000 ETH worth approximately $140 million. The Foundation is deploying open-source staking tools Dirk and Vouch to enhance security and operational resilience.

Roughly $387 million worth of crypto positions were liquidated, with XRP accounting for around 70% of trading volume, the original report shows. The move underscores XRP's outsized share of current market activity relative to the broader crypto derivatives landscape.

XRP is recording net outflows from cryptocurrency exchanges, with more tokens leaving platforms than entering. Market participants are monitoring the shift in exchange balances to assess whether it signals an emerging rebound in XRP's price.