On Friday, March 27, XRP's perpetual futures funding rate climbed 158.19% to 0.0028, pointing to a more bullish tilt among derivatives traders. Over the same 24-hour period, open interest dipped 0.25% to $823.94 million while XRP's spot price fell 1.27% to about $1.34. The move coincided with roughly $6.69 million in liquidations, largely from long positions, as weekly losses widened to over 7%.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse told Fox Business that Ripple is entering a new phase after completing $2 billion in acquisitions and is aiming for a record first quarter. He said Ripple Prime revenue has tripled since an acquisition, while Ripple Treasury enables transfers in about one minute rather than five days and ties the company's growth to XRP's utility.

Stargate Finance (STG) climbed more than 40% in 24 hours, reaching an intraday peak of $0.2796 as trading activity резко increased. Bulls are watching the $0.24–$0.25 area as key support after the breakout, while overbought signals point to a possible near-term consolidation. If momentum holds, $0.30 is the next level in focus, but a drop below support could open a move toward $0.22.

XRP traded at $1.33247 at 9:11 a.m., down 3.07% in 24 hours as it hovered near support around $1.326 after a session range of $1.38237 to $1.32559. Derivatives data showed $450.54 million in total liquidations over the past day, while XRP liquidations totaled $7,746,753, dominated by $7,151,908 in longs. Technical readings remained bearish, with RSI at 32.00 and price pressing the lower Bollinger Band near $1.32568 as macro uncertainty tied to U.S.-Iran tensions and oil at $111.41 per barrel weighed on risk sentiment.

XRP derivatives open interest increased more than 11% from the start of the week, reaching $2.65 billion on March 27. The week also saw shifts in positioning: funding rates turned negative as OI hit $2.53 billion on Thursday, before moving back into positive territory during the past 24 hours alongside the week's peak OI.

Spot XRP ETFs recorded zero net day flows on March 26 as XRP weakened alongside the broader crypto market. March has so far tallied $28 million in net outflows and $14.12 million in trading volume on March 26, while XRP traded around $1.33 after dipping as low as $1.20 this month. Despite the slowdown, cumulative net inflows since launch stand at $1.21 billion and AUM is about $949 million.

Anchorage Digital has confirmed it will introduce institutional custody for TRON's TRX, with TRC-20 asset support and native staking planned for later phases. TRX was trading around $0.31 with little change over the prior 24 hours, after a March 25 high near $0.3168. Analysts cited key technical zones at $0.30 and $0.295 as support, with resistance at $0.32 and $0.33.

CoinSpot has added Cardano Midnight (NIGHT) for trading, giving Australian users the ability to buy, sell, and trade the privacy-focused token. CoinSpot also promoted the listing with an X repost giveaway offering $100 of NIGHT, with the post dated March 27, 2026. NIGHT was priced at $0.04503 at the time of writing, up 1.03% over 24 hours, while volume fell 6.64% to $1.16 billion.