XRP extended its decline below $1.3650 and $1.3550 and is now trading under $1.3620 and the 100-hour Simple Moving Average while it consolidates recent losses. The price faces immediate resistance at $1.3520 and $1.3800, with stronger barriers at $1.3980 and $1.4250 that could cap any recovery. On the downside, support is seen around $1.3365 and $1.3220, and a break below these zones could open the way toward $1.3120 and potentially $1.30.

At the start of the week, gold extended losses and briefly dropped as much as 3% before spot prices traded 1.5% lower at $5,093.39 an ounce, while the U.S. dollar strengthened and oil climbed toward $120 a barrel. Other precious metals, including silver at $82.66 an ounce, also declined as investors weighed higher energy costs, potential delays to interest-rate cuts, and risks from the intensifying conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran in the Persian Gulf.

On March 8, XRP’s on-chain burn activity climbed to about 519 tokens destroyed as fees over 24 hours, up roughly 27.82% alongside higher network usage. During the same period, XRP’s price pulled back below $1.40 to around $1.35 and XRP ETFs recorded more than $16 million in daily outflows, even as rising on-chain activity hinted at a potential price rebound.

Driven by a near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, global energy markets have entered a historic "war premium" rally as WTI and Brent decisively clear the $100 and $110 thresholds for the first time since 2022. This 2026 supply squeeze, which has sidelined 20% of global oil, is fueling extreme volatility and a massive surge in decentralized hedging on platforms like Hyperliquid. While the Trump administration weighs a Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) release to inject liquidity and fill price gaps near $90, technical indicators remain parabolic with price targets eyeing $130. Investors are now pivoting to upcoming US CPI data and EIA reports to determine if the current vertical momentum will face a mean reversion or continue its record-breaking ascent.

Strategy signaled another prospective Bitcoin acquisition after Michael Saylor posted "The Second Century Begins" on X alongside the firm's BTC accumulation chart while Bitcoin traded near $67,000. The company's most recently disclosed buy in late February added 3,015 BTC for over $204 million, lifting its total stash to 720,737 BTC and a treasury value of about $48 billion despite trading below its roughly $75,985 average cost per coin. Even as Strategy's shares now hover slightly under the basic net asset value of its Bitcoin reserves and industry peers face declining premiums, the firm continues to use debt and equity financing to grow its holdings rather than pursuing mergers.

On March 9, the Seoul Central District Court is set to review a petition from Flow Foundation and Dapper Labs aimed at stopping three Korean exchanges from ending FLOW trading on March 16. The move follows a December security incident that led to $3.9 million in duplicated tokens, which were later destroyed, while major global exchanges have since reinstated full FLOW services. Despite ongoing development on the Flow blockchain by brands such as Disney, the NBA, the NFL, and Ticketmaster, the FLOW token has fallen about 75% since late December and sits far below its 2021 peak.

Tokenized real-world assets excluding stablecoins have risen to more than $25 billion in onchain value, up sharply from about $6.4 billion a year earlier as major financial institutions expand their tokenization efforts. Multiple asset classes, including U.S. Treasuries and private credit, have each surpassed $1 billion, while some forecasts suggest the overall market could exceed $400 billion before the end of 2026 if current issuance trends persist.

Neo X has rolled out TestNet v0.5.2, a patch upgrade to its EVM-compatible blockchain that finalizes its Geth v1.15-style architecture and revises peer-to-peer block broadcasting. The update adds execution-layer blob storage and related APIs for EIP-4844, which may require around 288 GB of disk space, and introduces fixes for snap sync and DKG-related anti-MEV issues. Node operators must upgrade from earlier versions to stay synchronized and update validator configuration flags before MainNet deployment.