India's Standing Committee on Finance held a hearing at Parliament House Annexe in New Delhi on May 20, taking oral evidence from ZebPay, Binance and WazirX on virtual digital assets and possible policy direction. The session comes after India's 2022 tax changes—a 30% flat tax on crypto gains and a 1% TDS per transaction—which the article says shifted trading activity toward offshore venues.

Crypto prices were higher on Monday after a quiet stretch, with Bitcoin near $69,137 (+3% in 24 hours), Ethereum around $2,131 (nearly +4%), and XRP close to $1.33 (about +2%). The move followed reports of U.S.-Iran discussions around a 45-day ceasefire framework, alongside signs of continued institutional demand and a week of upcoming macro catalysts.

Between March 30 and April 5, 2026, more than $100 million in token unlocks across 10 projects is scheduled to enter circulation over six days. The largest event is Sui's $47.5 million (53.4 million SUI) unlock on April 1, while Definitive's EDGE releases $16.6 million (138.3 million tokens, 13.8% of supply) on April 2. Other unlocks include ENA, GUN, EIGEN, OP, BTW, plus Zama, Zora, and Keeta, with KTA unlocking on April 5.

Financial analyst Jake Claver argues that market cap is a weak gauge of a crypto asset's real readiness for financial infrastructure and proposes a six-factor "Liquidity Index" instead. Using his framework, he says XRP would need a much higher price—citing $100—to reduce slippage on large transfers such as $100 million and make bank-sized usage more practical.

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.

On Pi Day 2026, Pi Network marked its seventh anniversary by rolling out Protocol 20 for smart contracts, activating the Pi Launchpad on Testnet and enabling second migrations to Mainnet. The project also began distributing 16.57 million PI in KYC validator rewards, boosted by an extra 10 million PI, while Mainnet payments went live in Pi App Studio and Pi traded around $0.19 after a decline of more than 7%.

On Monday, Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP posted gains even as global equity futures signaled steep losses amid a severe oil supply shock and rising U.S.-Iran tensions. Bitcoin traded near $66,124.97, while Ethereum hovered around $1,944.62 and XRP reached $1.34, with total crypto market capitalization at $2.28 trillion. Analysts pointed to digital assets' lack of direct exposure to disrupted physical energy infrastructure and Bitcoin's positioning as a value store as factors supporting prices.

Pi coin has fallen about 10% in the past 24 hours to roughly $0.20 after briefly reaching $0.23 earlier in the week, as short‑term traders took profits following a more than 20% rally. The broader crypto market has also turned risk‑off, and the key level now in focus is $0.20, with Pi Day on March 14 highlighted as the next potential price catalyst.

In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin slipped 1.18% to roughly $66,538, according to the article, amid a broader risk-off tone tied to Middle East tensions and liquidations. Macroeconomist Henrik Zeberg's March 2026 outlook projects a primary rally to $110–120K, with a 25% alternate path to $140,000–$150,000 driven by risk-on flows, spot ETF demand, and institutional participation.