Bitcoin has rallied toward a monthly peak near $74,000, delivering a 10.42% weekly return, its best seven-day performance since September 2025. Analysts are tracking Coinbase's premium gap, rising spot BTC ETF inflows above $1.9 billion, and corporate accumulation via Strategy's 11,042 BTC purchase, while highlighting liquidity clusters between $75,000 and $80,000 as critical price zones.

Rich‑list data for early 2026 indicates that the largest 10 XRP addresses control over 11 billion coins, while the top 50 wallets together hold around 40–45% of the circulating supply. With only about 60 billion XRP actually in circulation and the remainder locked in Ripple‑linked escrow, a mix of corporate, exchange and whale wallets dominates ownership, as around 2,200 XRP is enough to reach the top 10% of addresses and roughly 46,000 XRP places a wallet in the global top 1%.

Bitcoin briefly climbed above $74,000 before facing a swift rejection and continues to trade well below its $126,000 peak from last October. Analysts are watching support near $70,000 and resistance around $74,000 to $76,000, with some seeing upside toward $85,000 if levels flip, while others warn of a possible slide toward $50,000 later this year.

On March 13, Bitcoin again met heavy selling pressure near $74,000–$74,500, keeping it locked in a wide trading band while traders watch key on‑chain levels. Several large-cap altcoins such as ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, HYPE, ADA, BCH and XMR are testing or approaching major moving averages and resistance zones that could signal either trend reversals or extensions of their consolidations.

The Ethereum Foundation published a formal mandate on Friday, setting out its mission to keep Ethereum decentralized and ensure users retain ultimate control over their onchain assets and data as the protocol scales. The document states that the foundation will prioritize core protocol upgrades, long-horizon research, cybersecurity and developer tooling while aiming to reduce its own role over time so Ethereum can function even if the foundation disappears.

In March 2026, the XRP Ledger rolled out version 3.1.2, a maintenance-focused update that fixes a critical flaw in the Batch amendment which had threatened roughly $80 billion in network value. The patch follows an emergency v3.1.1 release and comes as XRP changes hands around $1.41, with technical indicators such as RSI and MACD suggesting cautiously constructive price momentum near the $1.42–$1.45 resistance band.

On Friday, the Ethereum Foundation released a mandate that formalizes its mission and the CROPS principles of censorship resistance, open source, privacy and security. The document frames the foundation as one steward among many in the Ethereum ecosystem and clarifies its focus on protocol research, security and other work without a natural home elsewhere.

Ether traded around 30% below its yearly open of $2,990, while data showed a notable rise in long-term holding and staking activity. ETH in accumulation wallets increased by 6.5 million to 26.55 million since Jan. 1, and staked Ether reached an all-time high of 37.85 million, tightening liquid supply as the price struggles with resistance near $2,200.