Ripple is highlighting expanded access to traditional banking rails after a 2025 deal tied to a SWIFT-certified treasury management platform that processes about $13 trillion in annual payment flows. The setup lets institutions route settlements either through SWIFT rails or via blockchain using XRP or RLUSD, but any XRP price impact depends on real adoption in transaction activity.

The crypto market flipped broadly positive, with total capitalization rising from $2.27 trillion to $2.37 trillion in the past 24 hours, a $100 billion increase. Bitcoin traded around $69,090 (+3.32%) while Ethereum climbed to about $2,134 (+4.75%), alongside gains in XRP and BNB. A wave of liquidations—$273.8 million over 24 hours—skewed toward shorts and helped fuel the rebound.

Ethereum advanced from roughly $2,050 to $2,137 on April 6, a move of about 5% that unfolded within hours. The jump tracked reports of preliminary U.S.-Iran ceasefire discussions, though no agreement has been confirmed. At the same time, derivatives indicators—6.4 million ETH open interest and a 0.13 spot-to-futures ratio—pointed to leverage-led price action alongside weaker liquidity on Binance.

XRP’s spot price has fallen about 40% even as XRP-linked ETF products have recorded more than $1.21 billion in cumulative inflows, including roughly $64,000 in recent daily inflows. The token is trading near the $1.30 area and remains technically weak, while the article argues the highlighted $41 million in flows may be too small versus market liquidity to shift the downtrend.

Qubic began a four-week transition on April 1, 2026, phasing out Monero mining in favor of Dogecoin and its Aigarth AI engine after accounting for over 51% of Monero's hashrate in 2025. By April 6, 2026 at 06:30 UTC, Monero's hashrate was listed at 5.25–5.41 GH/s with difficulty near 650 G, while XMR traded at $330.09 and XMRBTC at 0.004798. The next milestone is April 15–20, 2026, when Qubic's second phase ends and Monero-related tasks are removed.

XRP rose about 3% while the broader crypto market advanced, and price action has stayed compressed just under resistance. It has been trading within $1.28–$1.62, with $1.62 as the upside trigger and $1.28 then $1.15 highlighted as support. A break above $1.62 could open $1.88–$2.22, while slipping below $1.58 may point back toward $1.15.

Russia has submitted a package of three bills to the State Duma aimed at legalizing and regulating cryptocurrency activity, including rules for trading, custody, and investor access. The proposals set a 300,000 rubles (nearly $3,730) per-year purchase limit for non-qualified investors via one intermediary after passing a Bank of Russia test, while qualified investors face no cap. The draft also introduces mandatory tax reporting for residents and penalties for illegal crypto use, including fines and up to a two-year ban from operating exchanges.

On 6 April 2026 at 10:28, Bitcoin traded around $68,840, up about 2.4% on the week, as analysts warned that thin volume could make price moves unstable. A leveraged trader, James Wynn, was liquidated six times in the past two weeks on BTC-USD perpetuals on Hyperliquid, with total losses exceeding $500K. Analysts also pointed to $70,000 as a key near-term threshold, while some on-chain metrics suggested elevated risk of a short-term top.