According to reports citing a forensic review of lobbyist Mauricio Novelli's phone, a draft agreement outlined a $5 million payment structure linked to Argentine President Javier Milei's promotion of the Libra token in February 2025. The note, dated Feb. 11, 2025, reportedly broke the sum into three tranches and referenced crypto entrepreneur Hayden Davis, while a second draft message from Feb. 16, 2025, appeared to script a crisis response after the Libra scandal erupted and the token later crashed after briefly hitting a $4 billion market cap.

An XRP price projection of $48 was recently shared by analyst Ali Martinez, who based the ambitious target on a multi-year triangle pattern and framed it as a potential top for the next bull run. When asked to review this scenario, ChatGPT highlighted that such a move from XRP’s current $1.43 level would imply a roughly 3,300% rally and a market cap comparable to Apple, calling it a multi-cycle long shot. The AI instead laid out more conservative ranges between $3 and $25 under varying bull market conditions, all of which remain far below the $48 mark.

According to XRP Ledger data, the network has processed more than 2.5 million transactions within 24 hours while XRP's market performance remains subdued. XRP is trading close to $1.41 as it repeatedly tests the 26-day EMA, with reduced short-term volatility and a gradually rising support line suggesting buyers are defending higher lows.

XRPL validator and community member Vet has outlined an upcoming privacy upgrade for XRP Ledger that relies on zero-knowledge proofs and the XLS-372 token standard. The design aims to hide transaction details from the public while enabling auditors and regulators to access viewing keys, alongside plans for AI integration, new stablecoins, smart contracts and the XRP Alphanetwork test environment.

In the last 24 hours, Sonic's S token climbed over 11% and moved above a short-term range, with traders watching the $0.05 level as key resistance. On-chain data showed more than 8,000 new addresses and a unique address count of 6,363,244, while Binance staked 76 million S tokens, even as daily transactions, fees and some activity metrics declined.

Shiba Inu is trading around $0.0000058 while on-chain data shows exchange reserves approaching the 81 trillion token area. Rising inflows are pushing balances on centralized platforms back toward 80 trillion SHIB, complicating a recovery as the price remains below key moving averages.

XRP’s trading volume dropped about 58% to $1.23 billion over the last 24 hours while its price climbed to $1.41. The token has been rising for four consecutive days since March 12, recovering from a March 8 low of $1.32 as volatility gauges tighten and daily on-chain transactions approach 3 million.

Dogecoin's network recorded a sharp rise in activity this week, with active addresses climbing from 41,557 to 114,662 while the price moved out of a multi-month descending channel. DOGE traded near $0.095 after rebounding off the $0.0877 level, with key resistance areas now seen around $0.1175 and $0.1537. Derivatives data showed that 72.87% of top traders held long positions and recent liquidations favored shorts, indicating pressure on bearish positions.