On April 5, 2026, Michael Saylor responded to Peter Schiff's warning about Strategy (MSTR) by sharing a performance chart that tracks major assets since August 2020. Saylor argued that Bitcoin has delivered a 36% annualized return in that period, versus 16% for gold and 14% for the S&P 500. The article also notes Strategy's average Bitcoin entry price near $75,700 and an unrealized loss of about $3 billion at a BTC price around $67,000.

XRP and Bitcoin stayed under pressure in early April as WTI crude moved above $113 per barrel and risk sentiment weakened. XRP fell more than 2% to below $1.30, while Bitcoin slipped 0.3% and remained under $67,000. Traders are focusing on the April 9 U.S. inflation data, with expectations that it could shape volatility and positioning across crypto.

As of April 5, 2026, XRPL addresses rose to 8,189,798 while XRP traded around $1.30-$1.33 after falling more than 60% from about $3.65 in July 2025. Separately, security commentary tied to the April 1, 2026 Drift Protocol hack raised unverified claims about DPRK-linked developers across projects, and on-chain data showed a 0.0257 BTC move from a Dec. 12, 2012 wallet with an LTH SOPR of 4,913. Bitcoin meanwhile stayed in a tight $66,900-$67,300 range ahead of the April 9 Core PCE release.

Adam Back, Blockstream's CEO, pushed back on proposals to freeze about 4 million inactive BTC as concerns grow over a potential quantum-computing "Q-Day." The debate, which also involves analyst Willy Woo, centers on whether Bitcoin should block spending from older vulnerable addresses or leave the protocol unchanged even if quantum attackers could access lost coins.

XRP/BTC ended March 2026 with a monthly close under 0.0000215 BTC and below the Bollinger Bands midline, shifting that level from support to resistance. With the indicator’s focus moving toward the lower band at 0.00001138 BTC, the chart setup implies about 41% additional downside versus current levels.

XRP ended the latest month with a close below the Bollinger Bands midline at $1.99, keeping the lower band near $0.62 as the main downside reference. Separately, 900 million DOGE (about $83 million) was withdrawn from Bithumb to unknown wallets within one hour, while Bitcoin entered April holding above $68,000 as traders watch macro and policy events for direction.

Ripple reduced RLUSD supply by about 128 million tokens in a short window at the end of March 2026, via multiple treasury burn transactions. The largest single burn was 79 million RLUSD, and the drop coincided with Q1 closing activity. RLUSD's market cap later slipped below $1.4 billion, ranking it ninth among dollar-pegged stablecoins by market value.

Flare Network CEO Hugo Philion said on March 31, 2026 that the project plans to add Bitcoin support later this year, alongside progress on Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) and XRPFi adoption. He framed Flare's shift as an expansion from an XRP-centered solution toward a broader computation layer, aimed at enabling DeFi-style lending and yield for assets such as XRP and BTC.

Bitcoin remained volatile heading into the weekly close, trading around $66,500 after falling more than 8.5% over the past two weeks and attempting to reclaim $67,000. Michael Saylor promoted Strategy's perpetual preferred shares STRC (Stretch), saying its 30-day volatility was 2% while offering an 11.5% annual dividend yield since March 2026. He also said STRC is being used as a key funding route to buy BTC during pullbacks, with a longer-term goal of reaching 1 million BTC.