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Japan has always been quick to adopt blockchain. Today, the Bank of Japan has launched a new blockchain settlement sandbox to test moving central bank reserve money on-chain. While no network has been officially chosen, Japan's deep ties with Ripple and the XRP Ledger (XRPL) are drawing attention across global financial markets.

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MARA has expanded its policy to allow balance sheet bitcoin sales after reporting a $422.2 million fair-value decline in 2025.

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Bitcoin fell more than 3.5% to below $67,000 as escalating tensions in the Middle East drove investors out of risk assets and into the U.S. dollar.

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Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has publicly denied any link to a Solana-based cryptocurrency that briefly gained traction in online markets. The token, branded SANAE TOKEN, climbed rapidly in value before retreating within hours. Its market capitalisation touched nearly $30 million at its peak, drawing attention across crypto trading platforms and social media. Takaichi said she had no knowledge of the project and that neither she nor her office had approved or endorsed the token in any way. Her statement was posted on X after reports of the token's sharp rise and equally swift decline began circulating. https://twitter.com/takaichi_sanae/status/2028441855227236653 Token volatility and onchain concentration According to blockchain data cited by Wu Blockchain, SANAE TOKEN reached a market capitalisation of $27.

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Yamata prediction market takes first place at BNB Hack Bengaluru as 79 teams compete for cash prizes and fast-track access to BNB Chain's ecosystem support.

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Shares of Core Scientific fell in premarket trading following the company's announcement that it plans to monetize substantially all of its remaining Bitcoin holdings in 2026 to fund liquidity needs and its AI infrastructure pivot.

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Cardano's community funding pipeline just stopped mid-cycle. Project Catalyst, the on-chain grants mechanism that has distributed over $150 million across 2,200 projects since launch, recently announced that stewardship is moving from Input Output Global to the Cardano Foundation.

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TL;DR Bitcoin Reversal: BTC fell below $67,000 after failing to hold its brief move above $70,000, now trading near $66,800 with a small gain. Altcoin Snapshot: Updated prices show ETH at $1,900, BNB at $625, XRP at $1.35, and SOL at $84, each moving less than 1% despite earlier volatility.

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Bitcoin has returned to an extreme technical zone that has historically marked major cycle bottoms for the BTC price. According to crypto analyst @DurdenBTC, the Harmonic Oscillator has now printed its lowest possible reading, a level that previously preceded outsized one-year gains.

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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has openly criticized Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse for supporting the Clarity Act in its current form.

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XRP's 30-day realized volatility reaches 1.16 on Binance while whale wallets absorb billions in 48 hours.

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Bitcoin acted as a good shock absorber for this time global chaos war-like event. It briefly dipped to $63000 after the U.S.-Israel-Iran attack, but had a quick rebound near $67,000 on Feb 28.

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Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recorded their first inflow in the month of March. A total of $458 million worth of Bitcoin ETFs were registered in inflows for the sector, according to Farside Investors data.

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Ethereum: Whales Force 7th Red Month as RWA Hits $15B

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Bitcoin pulled back from Monday's peak near $70,000 as geopolitical and economic headwinds hold a recovery rally in check.

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A large volume of assets are expected to move onto blockchains for management during the next few years. Ethereum is the logical first stop for those assets to flow to.

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Another Solana meme coin tied to a world leader just blew up, and not in the way its creators hoped. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has publicly denied any connection to SANAE TOKEN, a Solana-based meme coin that briefly surged to a $27.72 million market cap before collapsing to around $6 million.

 

Core Scientific has already sold around $175 million in bitcoin as the company accelerates its pivot toward AI-focused data centers.

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Core Scientific will sell its entire BTC reserve to finance its pivot to AI. The company will complete most of the sales by the end of Q1, while also placing its current block rewards through Coinbase Prime.

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X account @XRPwallets, which tracks XRP transactions, including those made by Ripple, has published a detailed report of where half of the billion XRP coins unlocked by the crypto giant last month were distributed.

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Arkham Research has published a report to reveal that the Bitmine crypto treasury company, spearheaded by analyst and investor Tom Lee, has acquired yet another large Ethereum batch to add to its ETH holdings.

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The Bitcoin bulls took their opportunity on Monday with a strong rally to the upside. In the space of only 3 hours, the $BTC price climbed around 7.2%, equivalent to about $4,700.

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Unlike the wave of optimistic predictions that swept the crypto world over the weekend, Loukas's analysis offered little reason for bullish sentiment.

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ADA continues to struggle below $0.30, currently trading over 90% away from its all-time high.