Trump’s crypto advisor Patrick Witt challenged U.S. banks’ hardline opposition to the CLARITY Act, warning their stance could backfire amid concerns about deposit flight to stablecoins. Stablecoins have purchased $153 billion in U.S. Treasury bills as of December 2025, becoming a major buyer and bolstering the White House’s push to leverage stablecoins for cheaper federal debt financing.

During an interview on the Paul Barron podcast, financial commentator Jake Claver argued that XRP could eventually trade in the three- to four-digit range and might reach $1,000 by the end of 2026 under specific conditions. He linked this scenario to broad institutional adoption of Ripple's financial infrastructure, growing use of spot ETFs and Digital Asset Treasuries, and the expansion of Ripple's acquisition-driven product stack. Claver stressed that a substantially larger and more stable XRP market capitalization would be needed before major banks and asset managers would be comfortable deploying significant capital into the asset.

On Saturday, March 7, analytics data showed Shiba Inu's 24-hour exchange netflow dropping to -131,956,300,000 SHIB, indicating significantly more tokens leaving exchanges than arriving. At the same time, SHIB open interest in derivatives markets increased by 2.24% to over 10.09 trillion tokens in active contracts, hinting at rising speculative positioning amid a price decline of more than 4%.

Hyperliquid’s sovereign Layer-1 and on-chain order book are built to support 24/7 derivatives trading with median block finality near 0.2 seconds. With daily perpetual futures volume around $7.3 billion and Open Interest near $5.8 billion, the platform is emerging as a key decentralized liquidity hub, though ongoing market fragmentation could still constrain its structural edge.

XRP is drawing strong bullish projections as analyst CryptoBull argues that its current price structure mirrors the 2017 pattern, pointing to a move toward $10 to $11 by the end of March. Building on the same fractal idea, commentator Remi Relief reiterated a far more aggressive cycle target between $1,200 and $1,700, despite acknowledging delays in the move. These forecasts contrast with XRP's present price near $1.37, highlighting a sharp gap between current valuations and the speculative upside some traders are expecting.

Zcash's price fell 8.29% to around $207 after being rejected at $251 and losing the $250 support, putting the $200 level at risk. On-chain and market data showed rising sell-side volume, negative demand indicators, and reduced buy-side liquidity, while some exchange outflows signaled dip-buying that could help ZEC reclaim resistance near $238 or, if selling persists, slide towards $185.

XRP saw a sharp increase in derivatives activity on BitMEX as futures volume climbed 1,185.33% to $17.06 million within 24 hours. Over the same period, XRP's spot price dropped 2.14% to $1.36 amid broader crypto weakness and elevated end-of-week volatility. Despite the sell-off that followed a move to $1.47 on March 4, XRP remains modestly higher over the week while institutional clients of Ripple Prime gain access to Coinbase futures including XRP.

On February 27, on-chain data highlighted a withdrawal of about 44 million XRP from whale wallets on Binance, following an earlier 30 million XRP outflow on February 6. The moves, flagged via the Multi Exchanges Daily Whales Netflow metric, point to sustained negative netflows, which can imply reduced selling pressure and potential accumulation. With XRP trading around $1.37 after a 2.9% daily decline, analysts note that persistent demand alongside falling exchange supply could support a bullish price trajectory.