On March 13, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose from $2.469 trillion to $2.572 trillion, adding $103 billion within a day. Bitcoin briefly revisited last week's high of $74,215 while Ethereum climbed above $2,200 before both eased slightly. The move was driven by a 5.45% rise in derivatives open interest to $108.62 billion and over $389.4 million in liquidations, mostly from short positions.

Between January and March 2026, Ripple Labs unlocked 3 billion XRP from its escrow, ultimately leaving around 900 million XRP, valued at $1.278 billion as of March 13, circulating for business use. The company returned about 2.1 billion XRP to escrow, which still holds over 33 billion XRP, while using released tokens to fund operations, acquisitions and share repurchases.

On March 13, 2026, Solana's price broke out of a falling trendline after five weeks of sideways movement, with the token trading around $89.18 and gaining over 4% in 24 hours. At the same time, Open Interest in Solana derivatives rose more than 5% to about $5.46 billion, while its TVL reached roughly $6.917 billion and stablecoin market cap expanded to $15.64 billion. Recent net inflows of $5.58 million into U.S. spot SOL ETFs over two days pushed their assets to $824.87 million, underscoring the network's strengthening bullish momentum.

On March 12, 2026, Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse reacted on X to data highlighting the growth of US spot XRP ETFs. According to Bloomberg Intelligence figures shared by James Seyffart, these products have amassed $1.44 billion in assets under management by March 4, 2026, up from $150 million at launch on November 13, 2025. Filings show Goldman Sachs as the largest institutional holder with $153.8 million in exposure, followed by Millennium Management with over $23 million, alongside other major financial firms.

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.

Ripple has initiated a $750 million equity share repurchase, lifting its valuation from $40 billion in November to $50 billion and increasing its pre-IPO share price from about $125 to roughly $143.43. While the move reportedly places Ripple among the world's top private unicorns, XRP is trading around $1.38 with only a 0.30% gain in 24 hours, and community reaction appears largely disappointed.

Hyperliquid's HYPE token expanded its market capitalization by $1 billion over the last seven days, lifting its valuation by more than 6% to around $9.42 billion while trading near $36.62 on March 11, 2026. Over the same period, the broader crypto market cap slipped from $2.49 trillion to about $2.39 trillion, even as HYPE's open interest rose above $1.35 billion amid ecosystem momentum around the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange.

Dogecoin climbed more than 10% after Elon Musk said early public access to X Money would begin in April 2026, before giving up part of its gains to trade around $0.09195 on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. The token’s market capitalization briefly reached $15.3 billion and then eased to about $14.1 billion as daily trading volume surged to $2.2 billion. Traders linked the move to Musk’s history of supporting Dogecoin and expectations that it could play a role in X’s planned financial ecosystem.

Paul Atkins, Chairman of the US SEC, used his speech at the FIA International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida, to lay out how the SEC and CFTC will coordinate on crypto regulation. He announced substitute compliance for dual-registered firms, a joint website for firms seeking product guidance, and called for unified treatment of event contracts, while the CLARITY Act remains stalled in the Senate Banking Committee.