Santiment data shows Bitcoin wallets holding 10 to 10,000 BTC lifted their share of the coin's total supply to 68% while price hovered near $71,000. Large holders resumed net buying after offloading 65% of coins accumulated between February 23 and March 3, a move that followed Bitcoin's brief spike to $74,000. Analysts now weigh this whale accumulation against elevated retail participation and roughly $767 million of US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows during the first five-day streak of 2026.

Strategy’s market value has dropped below the worth of its Bitcoin reserves, while unrealized losses on its holdings have reached about $3.35 billion at a Bitcoin price near $70,800. The Virginia-based firm recently completed its 102nd Bitcoin purchase, adding 17,994 BTC for roughly $1.28 billion at an average of $70,946 per coin. Chairman Michael Saylor has told investors not to expect immediate price jumps after large buys and continues to argue for a long-term holding strategy based on expectations of sustained Bitcoin appreciation.

Technical analyst Celal Kucuker has outlined a descending price channel for XRP that has been in place since the token's all-time high of $3.6 in July 2025, with two of his interim targets at $2.4 and $1.1 already reached by early 2026. He now anticipates further moves toward $1.8 and $0.9 before a potential breakout that could, in his view, lift XRP to $8.6 between September and December 2026, implying a gain of 330%. XRP is currently trading around $1.41, while the broader crypto market cap has reportedly fallen 18% since January to about $2.4 trillion, adding uncertainty to the bullish scenario.

Bitcoin sharply reversed on Thursday, climbing back to roughly $73,300 with a 4.5% gain over 24 hours after previously trading in the high $60,000 range. More than $246 million in crypto futures positions were liquidated as a short squeeze unfolded, with open interest across major exchanges staying near $48 billion and CME Bitcoin futures accounting for about $7.9 billion. Despite geopolitical tensions and shifting macro conditions, Bitcoin held firm while institutional demand via spot ETFs continued to support the market.

Goldman Sachs has accumulated nearly $154 million in XRP exposure through exchange-traded fund products, outpacing other institutional investors that have disclosed smaller stakes. While XRP’s price has fallen from around $2.50 in November 2025 to about $1.38, ETF inflows have reached $1.4 billion and on-chain data show increased withdrawals from Binance alongside rising XRP Ledger activity.

Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission has admitted 11 virtual asset firms into a 12-month regulatory sandbox under the country’s new Virtual Asset Service Providers Act. Around the same time, Blockchain.com expanded into Ghana with plans to connect crypto payments to the nation’s widespread mobile money infrastructure, as the government moves to formally oversee a fast-growing digital asset market.

Security firm Nominis reports that roughly $50 million in crypto was stolen industrywide in February, sharply below January’s $385 million and far less than the $300 million in unauthorized withdrawals Bybit says it blocked in last year’s final quarter. Researchers note that social engineering and phishing, rather than protocol exploits, caused most of February’s damage, including an estimated $30 million loss at Solana-based Step Finance, even as overall hack volumes declined.

Between February 26 and March 10, Cardano’s total value locked in DeFi protocols rose from 447 million ADA to 552 million ADA, an increase of roughly 23%. In dollar terms, TVL moved from about $127 million to approximately $142 million, while a privacy-focused Circle-linked stablecoin, USDCx, and community-funded infrastructure initiatives helped underpin growing activity and cross-chain ambitions.

On a recent Sunday, Bitcoin miners pushed total issuance past 20 million BTC, marking roughly 95.24% of the eventual 21 million-coin cap. Foundry USA mined the milestone block at height 939,999, earning a 3.125 BTC reward under the April 2024 halving, while analysts estimate 2.3–3.7 million coins are permanently lost and the final satoshi may not be produced until around 2140. With Bitcoin trading near $69,282 and the next halving set for April 11, 2028, miners face a long-term challenge as block rewards continue shrinking toward near-zero and fee income becomes their primary revenue source.