US-based spot XRP ETFs recorded a 96.4% quarter-over-quarter drop in inflows in Q1 2026. The group opened on April 1 with $943.73 million in total net assets and logged $42.52 million of net inflows over the prior three months versus $1.166 billion in Q4 2025. Within the cohort, Canary's XRPC led inflows with $37.46 million, while 21Shares' TOXR saw about $53.2 million in net outflows.

On April 1, 2026 at 18:36, Franklin Templeton said it agreed to acquire 250 Digital, a liquid crypto investment manager spun out of CoinFund, and place it inside a new division named Franklin Crypto. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2026 and will be partly paid in BENJI tokens, which represent shares in Franklin Templeton's on-chain U.S. Government Money Fund. After the announcement, Franklin Resources shares rose as much as 1.5% in pre-market trading.

XRP finished Q1 2026 down 27% versus its 2025 year-end level, after peaking at $2.40 on Jan. 6 and later trading mostly between $1.30 and $1.50 through March. Over the same period, its market capitalization fell from $112 billion on Jan. 1 to about $83 billion by March 31, putting it 55% below the July 18, 2025, high of $3.66.

XRP slid more than 55% to around $1.35 on April 1 after failing to clear resistance near $3.32, with one analyst arguing the move still fits an ascending-triangle structure on the monthly chart. He says the setup could allow for an additional ~30% decline before a stronger recovery, while longer-term expectations remain focused on a potential bullish leg into 2026.

Alameda Research has unstaked more than 1,695 ETH valued at over $3.56 million, after selling more than $17 million in SOL three weeks earlier. With reported holdings of about $300 million in SOL, $35 million in Bitcoin, and $20 million in USDT, traders are watching for potential near-term sell pressure on Ethereum and Solana. ETH is hovering under a long-standing resistance while SOL is range-bound, with key levels highlighted at $2,100 for ETH and $76 support for SOL.

BNB was trading at $614 after a 1.7% gain over 24 hours as it defended a key psychological level. Binance is rolling out a prediction-market feature inside Binance Wallet with third-party providers including Predict.fun, following a March 31, 2026 post cited in the article. Technical levels highlighted include support at $600 and $580, with resistance at $640, $660, and $680.

On April 1, 2026, Zcash was highlighted as seeing shielded transactions reach 59.3% in February 2026, with adoption attributed to wallet-default changes that route users into encrypted pools. The report also pointed to Project Tachyon's post-quantum direction and said Cypherpunk Technologies accumulated over $90M in ZEC, alongside claims that ML-based tracing can link wallet IPs with 95%+ accuracy on transparent chains.

SIREN, an AI token on BNB Chain, fell 82% in a single day and traded below $0.30, leaving it 91% under its $3.61 all-time high after previously surging more than 1,100% in 30 days. On March 23, blockchain analytics said one entity controlled over 50% of supply across about 200 linked wallets, with a reported average entry of $0.045 per token, while ZachXBT pointed to address links to other tokens.