XRP has been range-bound for the past few days between $1.30 and $1.35, a zone that an analyst says is pivotal for the next move. Based on an Elliott Wave count shared by crypto analyst Hov, the recent rebound appears corrective rather than impulsive, raising the risk of another leg down if support fails. Key areas mentioned include $1.15 as a deeper support and $1.50 as a level bulls would need to reclaim to target $1.80.

Ripple said it posted an April 2 update on X about its $15 million RLUSD contribution to Accion Opportunity Fund, outlining lending activity and employment effects tied to U.S. small businesses. The company cited results including $53.6M in capital deployed, 905 loans to 895 borrowers, a $59K average loan size, and 1,003 jobs created with 1,631 retained.

Centrifuge (CFG) rose 12% over the past 24 hours after the project said it would expand to Base Chain and enable trading of tokenized S&P 500 exposure as a new asset class. Price moved from $0.14 to $0.172, while on-chain indicators also strengthened, including TVL rising to $1.6 billion from $1.2 billion and total holders reaching 9,111.

Solana (SOL) fell nearly 35% in Q1, but its stablecoin market cap still rose by around 5%, signaling a gap between price performance and on-chain conditions. The network’s total transaction volume has crossed 500 billion, while Solana’s RWA value reached a new all-time high of $2 billion, up more than 40% QoQ. The setup suggests liquidity—particularly USDC supply growth—could play a larger role than price action in driving interest this cycle.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT alleges that since 2022, Circle did not freeze more than $420M in stolen or illicit USDC across 15 incidents. He cites examples including GMX in July 2025 (~$9 million), Cetus in May 2025, and Drift Protocol (~$232 million), where funds were moved within six hours via 100+ transactions.

XRP is trading in a compressed range inside a descending broadening wedge, a structure some analysts say can precede a larger volatility expansion. EGRAG CRYPTO highlights $0.90 as a key base and $3.30 as the main breakout trigger, outlining upside targets of $5, $8 and potentially $13 if that level is cleared. Separately, The Composite Trader says XRP confirmed a bearish TCT Model 1 distribution during the New York PM session, with follow-through moving toward a projected technical target and enabling a 25% TP1.

XRP traded at $1.31, up 0.9% over 24 hours but down 29.6% year-to-date from a $1.88 open, as the token tried to defend support while broader sentiment stayed fearful. On April 2, XRPL core developer Denis Angell described six ongoing workstreams aimed at rebuilding the XRP Ledger's core repository. Technical levels cited include resistance at the 50-day SMA ($1.40–$1.42) and support around $1.27–$1.29.

A reported exploit on a Solana-based DeFi app drained roughly $250 million, a crypto analyst said, using the incident to underscore smart-contract risks for would-be institutional users. In the same video, the analyst pointed to documentation claiming Ripple's "G Treasury" has an official Swift compatibility profile, framing XRP as back-end settlement infrastructure rather than a retail token.