On-chain figures show XRP wallets with at least 1 million XRP have risen to 1,997, edging close to the 2,000 threshold. The distribution includes 1,333 addresses holding 1M–5M XRP and 6 accounts with more than 1B XRP, while XRP traded at $1.32, down more than 2% over the past 24 hours.

Bhutan's Royal Government has moved roughly 375 Bitcoin, valued at about $25.19 million, in a transaction recorded on March 31. The BTC was sent to an intermediary wallet that has previously been associated with outflows toward Galaxy Digital. The transfer follows a series of sizable March movements that have lifted 2026 outflows above $152 million.

Ripple is scheduled to release 1 billion XRP from escrow on April 1, 2026 as part of the monthly mechanism it has followed since late 2017. The company originally locked 55 billion XRP in time-based escrows on the XRP Ledger, and it typically re-locks 60% to 80% after each release, keeping net additions smaller. XRP traded at $1.31 at press time, valuing the gross unlock at about $1.31 billion.

Bitcoin may face further downside before establishing a bottom, with on-chain frameworks cited by Willy Woo placing a likely range between $46,000 and $54,000. Separate chart analysis from Ali Martinez suggests a rising-wedge breakdown could extend declines toward the $50,000 area if the pattern repeats. Bitcoin was trading at $67,567 at press time, up about 1.1% in 24 hours and down roughly 3.5% over the past week.

XRP is showing early signs of a trend shift after a recent sell-off, with a symmetrical triangle on the four-hour chart implying a possible 30% swing. The setup tightened as price hovered around $1.34–$1.36 and struggled to hold above resistance near $1.50. At press time, XRP traded at $1.33, down about 0.65% in 24 hours and 4.5% over seven days.

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded combined net withdrawals of roughly $443 million across the March 23–27 period. Bitcoin’s IBIT saw mixed flows that ended with a $201.5 million single-day outflow on March 27, while Ethereum’s ETHA posted uninterrupted selling through the week, totaling about $285.1 million.

Bitcoin (BTC) saw net short positions rise by more than 52% over two days, with positioning accelerating around March 27 and discussed by Ali Martinez on March 28. The crowded downside bet increases the risk of a short squeeze if BTC moves higher, even as price action has not broken decisively lower. At press time, BTC traded at $66,805, up 1.2% in 24 hours but down more than 5% over the broader timeframe.

OpenAI's ChatGPT projects limited upside for XRP and puts the probability of the token reaching $3 by the end of Q2 2026 at roughly 5%. Its base case assigns about a 45% chance that XRP stays in a $1.10–$1.80 band, while XRP was last seen near $1.34 after trading between $1.30 and $1.45 following a roughly 17% drop from a mid-March peak around $1.60.

Forecasts for Bitcoin’s end-2026 price span a wide range, with major institutions clustering in the $100,000–$170,000 zone while some scenarios extend as high as $266,000 or as low as $25,000. Bitcoin has recently lost key support levels including $100,000 and is hovering near $70,000; at press time it traded at $71,890, up almost 1% over 24 hours and down about 1.5% on the week.