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.

Crypto analyst Amonyx has highlighted a CNBC segment in which XRP was labeled the top crypto trade ahead of Bitcoin and Ethereum, amid ongoing investor inflows into XRP exchange‑traded funds. CNBC's Mackenzie Sigalos pointed to XRP's 20% gain at the start of the year, its cross‑border payment utility, and growing tokenization activity on the XRP Ledger as factors behind the interest. SoSoValue data shows XRP ETFs now hold $1.02 billion in net assets, equal to 1.20% of XRP's market cap, even though recent weekly inflows still trail those of BTC, ETH, and SOL funds.

OKB remains under pressure as OKX upgrades its OnchainOS infrastructure with a new AI toolkit designed for autonomous on-chain agents. The token trades near $75.88 with neutral momentum, well below its all-time high of $255.50 reached in August 2025. Key levels include support around $73.31–$72.62 and resistance zones near $76.77 and $82.47, with further upside targets at $93.50 and $104.84 if bullish volume returns.

Versan Aljarrah of Black Swan Capitalist argues that XRP’s long-term potential goes beyond payments and bridge liquidity, proposing it as a neutral settlement layer in a digitized global financial system. He outlines a three-pillar path involving sovereign adoption, regulatory clarity through measures like the CLARITY Act, and eventual institutional recognition by bodies such as the IMF. In his view, XRP’s value would ultimately be driven by settlement utility and liquidity corridors rather than speculative price predictions, and at press time the token was trading at $1.3576.

On 2 March, Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice a case that sought to hold Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams and Uniswap Labs liable for scam tokens traded on the platform. The ruling found that open-source smart contract developers cannot be held responsible for alleged rug pulls and pump-and-dump schemes executed by unidentified third-party token issuers, and Uniswap's UNI token rose about 5% following the decision.