Ether (ETH) fell 6% between Wednesday and Thursday, retesting $2,050 as risk-off sentiment weighed on crypto markets. A sustained move above $2,400 may depend on reversing three signals: $298 million of net spot Ether ETF outflows since March 18, a weekly Ethereum DEX volume average of $9.4 billion (about 50% below late-2025 levels), and a 2% annualized premium in 2-month ETH futures.

An unmarked wallet executed a single $106.98 million ETH purchase recorded this week, standing out as Ethereum consolidates after weeks of selling pressure. Arkham Intelligence said the transaction's buying behavior resembles prior accumulation patterns linked to Bitmine, while noting the address identity is not confirmed. ETH was shown trading at $2,075 on the weekly timeframe, up 1.03% after opening at $2,053 and reaching $2,199 before pulling back.

Ripple's stablecoin RLUSD is reported to be around a $1.55 billion market capitalization while it is being tested in Singapore through a pilot linked to the country's central bank and financial regulator. The program is framed as a trade-settlement use case, with RLUSD aiming for a $2 billion milestone in Q2 2026. Despite the rollout, XRP fell 3.5% on Thursday to $1.35, with 24-hour trading volume remaining below $2 billion.

Monument Bank said on 26 March 2026 it plans to tokenize up to £250 million ($335 million) of retail customer deposits on the privacy-focused Midnight network. The bank stated the deposits will remain fully backed, redeemable 1:1 in pounds sterling, continue to earn interest, and stay protected under the U.K.’s FSCS. The rollout is aimed at mass-affluent clients and may later expand into tokenized investments and lending backed by onchain assets.

At Consensus Hong Kong, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson proposed a fully verifiable Web3 dating app that would let users prove profile details on-chain. He argued the same approach could extend beyond dating to mainstream services, positioning blockchain as an “everything product” rather than only a finance tool. Separately, Cardano’s team has begun Midnight’s gradual mainnet rollout, with the current Kūkolu phase expected to reach full go-live by April 1, 2026.

Anchorage Digital announced Thursday that it will support TRON custody and Tron network staking, positioning itself as the first federally chartered U.S. crypto infrastructure firm to offer TRON within a regulated setup. The rollout includes TRX custody on Anchorage’s main platform and the Porto institutional wallet, with TRC-20 assets and native TRX staking slated to arrive in phases.

On March 24, 2026, Tether said it has retained an unnamed Big Four accounting firm to conduct a comprehensive financial statement audit of USDT, moving beyond the quarterly attestations it has used since 2021. The company says USDT has a $184 billion market cap and serves more than 550 million users globally, positioning the engagement as its first large-scale, end-to-end audit covering reserves and tokenized liabilities.

A survey of 351 institutions projects that planned XRP allocations will increase from 18% in January 2026 to 25% by the end of 2026. The same dataset indicates institutional exposure to XRP could grow 39% over 2026, even as XRP ranks fifth by planned allocation. Bitcoin remains the top choice, with planned exposure easing from 94% in January 2026 to 91%.