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.

On 30 March 2026, Universal Digital's USDU began trading on Crypto.com after being registered with the Central Bank of the UAE as a Foreign Payment Token. The USD-backed stablecoin operates under ADGM's FSRA licensing and CBUAE registration and is limited to institutional and professional users, not retail. USDU is an ERC-20 on Ethereum backed 1:1 by US dollar reserves held at Emirates NBD and Mashreq, with monthly attestations; as of late March 2026 its market cap was between $97.5 million and $98.8 million.

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.

On March 27 in Miami, U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States should become the world’s "undisputed crypto capital" and a "Bitcoin superpower," casting digital assets as part of U.S. competitiveness. He also said he signed the GENIUS Act into law to create a "clear and simple" framework for dollar-backed stablecoins, while arguing against what he described as unnecessary restrictions.

Strive (ASST) and Tuttle Capital Management filed with the SEC on Monday for the T-Strive Digital Credit ETF, a proposed fund focused on preferred shares issued by bitcoin treasury companies. The prospectus says it would target income exposure to Strategy's STRC and Strive's SATA using swaps and leverage, while not holding bitcoin directly. STRC is described as paying 11.5% in monthly dividends, and Strive said it lifted SATA's monthly dividend to 12.75% earlier this month.