Anthony Scaramucci, founder of venture firm SkiBridge, said Polkadot is "quietly rebuilding momentum", citing a recent SEC classification of DOT as a digital commodity and a tokenomics overhaul that caps supply at 2.1 billion. He also pointed to the 21Shares Spot DOT ETF, which has recorded just one inflow day of $544.5K since launch while the rest of March showed zero flows. Separately, Polkadot's usage has weakened, with weekly average active addresses falling from 16K to 5K over the past two years.

XRP has struggled to push above $1.60 even as retail participation climbed to a record 5.66 million addresses holding under 100 XRP. March data also showed a rebound in larger cohorts, with 100–100K XRP wallets at 2.01 million and whale flows turning positive, while price action stayed capped in a $1.3–$1.6 range.

Strategy CEO Phong Le said Morgan Stanley's planned spot Bitcoin ETF (MSBT) could attract outsized demand from the bank's wealth unit, citing a $160 billion estimate based on a 2% allocation model. He contrasted that figure with BlackRock's IBIT, which has $55 billion in AUM and $63 billion in cumulative net inflows. Morgan Stanley executives also argued crypto ETF adoption remains early and is still led by self-directed clients rather than advisor-managed accounts.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy argues that neither Ethereum nor Solana has built a durable competitive moat, despite Ethereum's $56 billion DeFi TVL versus Solana's $6.8 billion out of a $95.3 billion market total. He points to Hyperliquid's rise as evidence that newer venues can quickly capture activity, with Hyperliquid holding 45% of generated fee revenue while TRON has 20%, Solana 13%, BNB Chain 10%, and Ethereum 7%.

Kentucky is facing scrutiny over an amendment to HB 380, a bill aimed at regulating virtual currency kiosks, after critics said it could effectively prohibit crypto self-custody. The Bitcoin Policy Institute argues the measure would require hardware wallet providers to reset or recover users’ seed phrases and passwords, which it says is not feasible for non-custodial wallets.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency will soon publish formal proposed rules to build on its recent interpretive guidance on crypto asset classification. The guidance broadly treated most crypto assets as non-securities and grouped digital assets into five buckets, while Atkins also outlined plans for exemptions akin to a sandbox. Separately, Senator Cynthia Lummis said stablecoin-yield talks tied to the CLARITY Act were "99%" resolved after a recent Senate Republican meeting.

The Algorand Foundation said it has reduced its workforce by 25%, attributing the move to the global macro backdrop and a broader decline in crypto markets. It said the restructuring is intended to better align remaining resources with the protocol's long-term objectives. ALGO was down about 10% and traded at $0.088 at the time of writing, while DeFi metrics on Algorand have also weakened.

Bitcoin rebounded to $75,000 after the West Asia crisis, but Amberdata noted that order book liquidity remains weaker than before the October 2025 crash. The firm warned that depth below $25M with rising volume could spark another liquidation cascade, while CryptoQuant pointed to $75K and $85K as potential resistance. Bitfinex analysts added that a sustained uptrend may require BTC to convert the $75K level into solid support.

Ironlight Group has raised $21 million from backers including former TD Bank CEO Greg Braca, the Sei Development Foundation, and Laidlaw Private Equity to expand its Ironlight Markets ATS platform for regulated tokenized securities. Tokenized stocks have grown 10% in the past 30 days to a $1.05 billion market cap, with Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain processing hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements.