On March 25, a federal judge in California certified a class in a securities fraud case alleging Nvidia concealed more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency-driven GPU revenue from investors. The order allows the lawsuit to proceed on behalf of purchasers of Nvidia common stock from Aug. 10, 2017, to Nov. 15, 2018, but does not decide whether fraud occurred.

Shiba Inu saw a surge of exchange inflows as nearly 40 billion SHIB moved onto trading platforms over the 24-hour window ending March 26, while reserves rose from 81.20 trillion to 81.29 trillion tokens. Over the same period, SHIB fell 4% as analysts pointed to a rejection at descending-triangle resistance. Separately, Shibarium data shows 5,000–12,000 new wallets per month, lifting total holders above 1.50 million.

Grayscale research head Zach Pandl says digital asset treasuries (DATs) are regaining stability after sustained headwinds since late 2025. Firms including Strategy, BitMine, and MARA have used new financing structures, staking income, and diversification moves, while forced sell-offs were described as limited with DATs turning into net accumulators in recent weeks.

Rep. Maxine Waters sent a March 26 letter to Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid asking how Kraken Financial obtained approval for a limited purpose Federal Reserve account and what conditions were attached. The letter presses for details on permitted services (including FedACH, Check Services, FedCash, and Fedwire Securities Services), balance and liquidity limits, and any additional oversight beyond Wyoming’s SPDI framework, with a written response requested by April 10, 2026.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said stablecoins may become crypto's "ChatGPT moment" for businesses looking for faster and more efficient payments. He also pointed to more than $33 trillion in stablecoin trading volume in 2025 and noted that nearly 90% of that activity was tied to USDT and USDC. Separately, Bloomberg Intelligence projected stablecoin flows could reach $56.6 trillion by 2030.

In a March 26 video, Digital Ascension Group CEO Jake Claver said XRP’s ability to handle bank-scale payments depends less on market cap and more on whether liquidity can absorb large transfers without excessive costs. He argued that higher XRP prices could reduce the token quantity needed to settle transactions such as $100 million and help limit slippage that he claimed could be around 10% for trades of that size. XRP was trading at $1.3337 at press time.

Bitcoin [BTC] fell more than 6% over a volatile 48 hours and broke below the $70,000 support level, retracing toward early-March prices. Long liquidations stayed contained at under $120 million, while a newly created wallet withdrew 2,650 BTC ($179.6 million) from Binance and short-term holder inflows to Binance declined to 25,000 BTC from roughly 100K BTC in early February.

Morgan Stanley updated its S-1 for its proposed spot Bitcoin ETF, MSBT, and set a 0.14% management fee. If approved by the SEC, the fee would undercut rivals in the roughly $85 billion to $92 billion spot BTC ETF market, including Grayscale’s 0.15% and BlackRock and Fidelity at 0.25%. The bank also outlined earlier steps such as a $1 million seed investment and proposed custodians Coinbase and BNY Mellon.