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Bitcoin (BTC) traded below $69,000 on Sunday after a weekend drop toward $68,000, putting focus back on the 200-week EMA near $68,300. In the prior 24 hours, more than $300 million in longs and nearly $100 million in shorts were liquidated. Analysts also pointed to a daily-chart “golden cross” (21-day SMA over 50-day SMA) as a possible source of short-term relief.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) is trading around $0.000005603, down roughly 1% over the past 24 hours, as attention turns to support near $0.0000056 and a potential retest of $0.0000052. RSI is 55 and 24-hour volume fell 24% to about $120 million, suggesting a neutral, quieter market. On-chain figures show about 200 billion SHIB moved into exchanges against roughly 80 trillion SHIB in total exchange reserves, a shift often associated with rising sell-side positioning.

In March 2026, multiple crypto and crypto-adjacent firms reported workforce reductions, with disclosed figures totaling about 450 roles in a few weeks. Cuts included Block’s 4,000+ job reduction in February, Crypto.com’s 12% (about 180 employees), and the Algorand Foundation’s 25% on March 18, 2026. Several companies framed the moves as part of broader AI adoption, while sector hiring signals showed new job postings running at roughly 6.5 per day in January.

XRP traded near $1.40 on March 22, 2026, down -0.69% on the week as consolidation continued after the post-ETF rally cooled. By Dec. 31, 2025, Goldman Sachs had accumulated $153.8 million across four spot XRP ETFs, or about 73% of disclosed institutional XRP ETF holdings. Technical readings cited in the report show oversold conditions, with XRP/USD testing support around $1.39 after dipping toward $1.10.

Crypto market sentiment has moved back into a fear phase, as volatility persists and investors have pulled more than $230 million over the past five days. Technical signals cited in the report, including a bearish MACD crossover, suggest downside risk may remain elevated even as on-chain flow metrics point to renewed accumulation. Altcoin performance is increasingly uneven, with gains ranging from 1.52% in Gnosis (GNO) to as high as 397% in River (RIVER) over the 90-day window.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency is considering moving XRP, BTC and 104 other crypto assets under "financial instruments" rules by 2027, while an influencer warned the change is only proposed and not in force yet. Separately, Resolv Labs reported a $25 million exploit tied to a 200,000 USDC trade that drove USR about 80% off its peg, as roughly 120 billion SHIB moved off centralized exchanges amid a 111% jump in $100K+ holder activity.

Bitcoin's long stretch of negative correlation with the S&P 500 is fading as sentiment in both markets sinks into "extreme fear." The S&P 500 Fear and Greed Index fell to 16 while Bitcoin's gauge dropped to around 12, alongside BTC pulling back from above $100,000. The shift follows October's deleveraging that cut open interest sharply, leaving price action more dependent on real inflows than leverage.

Bitcoin fell to $68.2k on Sunday, March 22, triggering $111.4 million in long liquidations over 24 hours. Separately, projections suggest a 2% BTC allocation by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, which oversees $8 trillion in AUM, could make its spot Bitcoin ETF larger than BlackRock's IBIT. Meanwhile, the network hash rate dropped 10.2%, and traders outlined a rebound case toward $78.4k while warning a break below $65.6k could negate it.

On 22 March 2026, social and search activity highlighted Quant (QNT), Bittensor (TAO), Litecoin (LTC) and Solana (SOL) as the week's most-discussed altcoins. QNT traded at $76.19 (+13.78% weekly) after Robinhood enabled spot trading, while TAO hovered around $278-$281 after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang mentioned Bittensor. LTC sat near multi-year lows at $54.73, and SOL traded at $88.20 amid weakening momentum and renewed debate tied to comments from Solana Foundation president Lily Liu.

Bitcoin fell nearly $2,000 in under 30 minutes on Sunday after President Donald Trump warned he could strike Iran's power infrastructure unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened within 48 hours. BTC dropped to $69,141 (down 2.26%), while the total crypto market cap slipped 1.95% to $2.38T and derivatives liquidations hit $232M amid a sharp risk-off move.