Over the past week, Cardano whales reportedly sold more than 130 million ADA while still holding about 13.55 billion tokens, as the price retests support near $0.24. Technical analysis suggests ADA needs to remain above this level to avoid a potential drop toward $0.112, while a renewed accumulation phase could open the way for a move toward $0.538. Despite a market cap of around $9.7 billion, the network's TVL of about $140.64 million and sharply lower daily active addresses highlight ongoing concerns over ADA's on-chain utility.

On March 11, 2026, Ripple Labs' Senior Vice President of Treasury Renaat Ver Eecke said the firm's collaboration with Mastercard's crypto program underscores how digital assets and stablecoins can support real-world treasury operations. He argued that assets such as XRP and Ripple's USD stablecoin RLUSD are shifting from speculation to practical uses like cross-border payments, while Ripple is also pursuing new regulatory licenses including an upcoming Australian Financial Services License.

On 12 March, hackers reportedly took over the Bonk.fun domain and embedded a wallet drainer into the memecoin's launchpad, prompting the team to urge users to stop interacting with the site. The project stated that existing launchpad users and BONK traders on terminals were not affected, though some who signed a fake TOS message lost funds and no official loss figures have been released. Following the incident, BONK slid to $0.00000582 amid rising sell volume and declining derivatives activity, leaving the token vulnerable to further downside if panic persists.

Pump.fun has become the first platform on the Solana blockchain to exceed $1 billion in cumulative revenue since its launch in early 2024. The memecoin launchpad has generated about $1.08 billion in total earnings across 2024, 2025 and 2026, and has been running an aggressive PUMP token buyback program funded by protocol revenue. Recent domain records also show subdomains referencing Ethereum, Base, BSC and Monad, coinciding with the removal of Solana as the location on its X profile and hinting at possible cross-chain expansion.

The XRP perpetual futures funding rate has remained under pressure after the token's 2025 price peak, spending most days between February and March 2026 below zero. Analyst Cryptoinsightuk notes that 31 of the last 39 days have recorded negative funding, a pattern previously seen in 2022 and 2025 before notable price rebounds. Alongside this, XRP open interest and daily trading volume have fallen sharply from late-2024 highs, underscoring waning derivatives participation.

Newly launched XRP spot ETFs have held up amid a sharp 45% decline in XRP's spot price, drawing comments from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and attention from Bloomberg ETF analysts. The funds initially recorded $164 million in net inflows on Nov. 24 and later saw their combined Total Net Assets peak at $1.65 billion in January before sliding to $971 million as XRP depreciated.

Bloomberg reported that Ripple plans a $750 million share repurchase that could lift its valuation to about $50 billion, signaling stronger internal ownership and confidence. At the same time, XRP has been trading in a weak technical structure after a 16.35% drop in February and continued consolidation below $1.5, prompting debate over whether token sales might be linked to funding the buyback.

On March 11, the official Bonk.fun website for the Solana memecoin launchpad was hijacked, with a wallet drainer embedded into the front-end to steal user funds. Only wallets that signed a fake terms-of-service message during the attack window were affected, and the team says losses are minimal. The BONK token has fallen nearly 1% in the last 24 hours and about 45% over the past year while the broader memecoin market has added around 2.5% and climbed back above a $32Bn capitalization.