Ethereum slipped under the $2,000 level on Friday, March 27, hitting a two-week low as broader risk-off pressure weighed on crypto markets. The move coincided with more than $110 million in ETH long liquidations and left ETH around $1,980, down nearly 3% over 24 hours and over 7% across seven days. Over the past week, US spot Ethereum ETFs also posted about $158 million in net outflows, extending a seven-day negative streak.

U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $171.2 million in net withdrawals on Thursday, marking their biggest daily outflow in three weeks. Bitcoin fell below $67,000 on Friday for the first time since March 9 and was last quoted at $66,271 after sliding 6.3% over the past week.

On March 27, Morgan Stanley filed Amendment No. 3 to its S-1 for a spot bitcoin product with a proposed 0.14% fee, below Blackrock's IBIT at 0.25%. The trust is described as a passive vehicle holding bitcoin directly and tracking the Coindesk Bitcoin Benchmark 4PM NY Settlement Rate, with basket-based creation and redemption via bitcoin transfers.

Ethereum moved back above $2,000 on March 28, trading around $2,024 after sliding to a March 27 low of $1,971. The rebound followed an all-time high futures Estimated Leverage Ratio of 0.99495738, a reading that coincided with elevated open interest relative to exchange reserves. Leverage later eased to about 0.976 as positions unwound, while development activity rankings still showed MetaMask mUSD and other Ethereum-based projects leading by GitHub commits.

Lido has proposed a one-time buyback of about 8.5% of LDO’s circulating supply, funded by 10,000 stETH from the Lido DAO Treasury. At $2,000–$2,100 per stETH, the allocation equals roughly $20–$21 million and would purchase around 70 million LDO if approved. The move comes as Lido argues LDO has lagged ETH sharply, while whale wallets have sold nearly 80 million LDO since the October crash.

Morgan Stanley has filed to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, proposing the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust with a 0.14% annual fee. The trust would hold bitcoin directly, avoid leverage and derivatives, and list on NYSE Arca with custody shared by Bank of New York Mellon and Coinbase Custody. The filing comes as lawmakers weigh stablecoin and market-structure bills that could shape how crypto products compete with traditional banking.

On March 27, President Donald Trump told the Future Investment Initiative Summit in Miami that Bitcoin is "very powerful" and said his administration wants the U.S. to become the world's "undisputed crypto capital" and a "Bitcoin superpower." He pointed to the GENIUS Act as a framework for dollar-backed stablecoins, while a March 17, 2026 SEC-CFTC interpretation described bitcoin, ether, and XRP among assets treated as digital commodities.

Bitcoin slid to around $65,000 over the past week, posting a 6.74% net loss and leaving March at a 4.4% net decline. A March 27 QuickTake by Easy On Chain says institutional-style "smart money" behavior diverged from the drop, with multiple on-chain indicators and stablecoin movements pointing to renewed accumulation while BTC later traded at $66,003.