According to a new Ripple press release, the company will significantly upgrade its Ripple Payments platform to create a unified service that links traditional finance with digital assets. The overhaul adds managed custody, virtual accounts for fiat and stablecoins, and automated fund flows using RLUSD and XRP for cross-border settlement. XRP will serve as both a bridge asset and on‑demand liquidity tool, while all new services run atop the XRP Ledger.

XRP Ledger developer Panos Mekras has highlighted a new RLUSD liquidity pool incentive on the XRP/RLUSD pair, offering a 12.8% APR and drawing around $500,000 in XRP liquidity in less than 24 hours. He noted that a similar proposal his team made in 2025 was not supported by Ripple, and urged the company to use the one billion XRP reserved for community initiatives to back DeFi builders. Despite this progress, XRP Ledger still trails leading DeFi ecosystems in total value locked, fee generation and active addresses.

Solana has been trading in a $70 to $90 band for more than four weeks, with buyers defending support near $70 and sellers capping price around $90. Analysts suggest that a daily close above the $90–$93 resistance area could open the way toward $105–$120, while a loss of support around $80 risks a return to the range lows. On a longer horizon, some chartists point to an ascending channel with major resistance near $240 and ambitious cycle projections toward the mid-upper channel region if broader market liquidity and adoption remain strong.

On March 1, 2026, Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP from escrow and, by March 3, had relocked 700 million XRP as part of its ongoing supply management strategy. XRP's price has reacted only slightly, rising 0.42% over the last day to trade at $1.34 despite weeks of negative performance. The company is expected to repeat this pattern on April 1 with another 1 billion XRP unlock and a planned 700 million XRP relock.

XRP Ledger has recorded a sharp jump in payment volume to around 1.2 billion XRP, representing a 400% increase over prior daily levels. While XRP price remains stuck in a broader downtrend beneath key moving averages, the surge in on-chain activity is coinciding with attempts to form a local base. Market participants are watching whether this renewed ledger usage can overcome resistance and support a more durable recovery.

Cardano's ADA token is trading near $0.2646 after breaking below the $0.27 level, with on-chain data showing mid-sized and large holders reducing positions. Charles Hoskinson has sharply criticised the proposed CLARITY Act, arguing it would default most digital assets to securities status and harm US crypto innovation. Traders are watching resistance around $0.29–$0.30 and key support near $0.28, with downside levels seen at $0.25 and below if selling persists.

Ethereum (ETH) is preparing the ‘Glamsterdam’ upgrade, which Vitalik Buterin detailed in a March 2 post, introducing ePBS (enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation) to curb block builder centralization. The roadmap also features FOCIL for multi-party transaction inclusion, encrypted mempools to mitigate toxic MEV, and longer-term ideas for more distributed block construction inspired by systems like BitTorrent.

According to Elliptic, Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex recorded a 700% surge in net outflows to nearly $3 million in the 48 hours following coordinated US and Israeli military strikes, even as local trading volumes dropped around 80% amid internet restrictions. Iran's central bank ordered major platforms to suspend USDT/toman pairs, while Elliptic and TRM Labs data indicate rising exposure to illicit or sanctioned activity and a potential liquidity crunch for domestic exchanges.