XRP trading activity remained subdued during holiday weekend conditions, with the token down 1.14% over the past 24 hours to $1.29 and lower by 3% on the week. Spot volume rose 8.51% to $1.04 billion, while derivatives volume slipped 0.10% to $1.73 billion and open interest inched up 1.26% to $2.42 bilion. Traders are watching support near $1.27 and resistance around the daily MA 50 at $1.39, with U.S. inflation data on April 9 also in focus.

Dogecoin's official X account used humor on April 4, 2026, posting "The Doge does not concern himself with the Bear" amid a market lull. DOGE has been trading below the daily moving average 50 at $0.094 and has ranged between $0.087 and $0.10, with bears eyeing $0.079 if $0.087 breaks and bulls looking toward $0.10 and $0.12 if price reclaims MA 50.

RippleX engineer Mayukha Vadari said XRPL core work is currently centered on stabilization and bug fixes, which may slow feedback and increase merge conflicts as changes continue. She added that developers do not need to update their branches for every change and can move at a slower cadence. XRPL developers are also rebuilding repository fundamentals across six areas, including telemetry, nomenclature, type safety, refactoring, logging and documentation.

Cardano is currently the 13th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, with Monero (XMR) ranked 14th and still about $2.5 billion short of taking the No. 13 spot. Cardano's market cap stands at $8.53 billion versus Monero's $6 billion, while prices were listed at $0.236 for ADA (down 4.46% in 24 hours) and $326 for XMR (down 3.26% in 24 hours).

Solana weakened further against Ethereum, with the SOL/ETH ratio down 3.22% over the last 24 hours and extending a slide that began on March 26. The pair traded near a two-year low, hitting an intraday trough of 0.0392, while the daily RSI approached 30 and a crypto analyst warned of another 25%–30% downside before a bottom. Separately, SOL fell to $81.39 and ETH stood at $2072 at the time of writing, as broader crypto markets saw $305 million in liquidations over the same 24-hour window.

Cardano's Midnight network has entered its mainnet phase, marking the start of broader on-chain activity for the privacy-focused chain. The project is described by Cardano as a "fourth generation" blockchain built over more than eight years, with about six years spent on active development. The rollout is intended to let developers, partners and institutions deploy apps and migrate assets while introducing an architecture designed to make transaction costs more predictable.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) recorded an hourly "death cross" as an overnight sell-off triggered more than $441 million in liquidations across the crypto market. SHIB was last up 0.85% in 24 hours to $0.000005813, while CoinGlass data showed open interest rising 7.79% to $53.24 million and derivatives volume jumping 70% to $161.08 million.

Bitcoin slid to $65,498 on Friday, its lowest level since March 2, after the year's biggest options expiry and continued outflows from crypto ETFs. BTC was last down 2.28% over 24 hours to $66,322 and 6.11% on the week, while analyst Willy Woo cautioned that oversold signals can persist for months despite traders citing an extremely low monthly RSI.

Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet warned crypto users about relying on browsers for sensitive secrets after Google released a Chrome update addressing 26 vulnerabilities, including 4 critical issues. Separately, Binance issued an iOS alert urging immediate updates due to "DarkSword," an exploit chain affecting iOS 18.4 to 18.7 that could expose sensitive data on compromised websites.