Following last week's TRUMP memecoin surge, on-chain data is painting an uncomfortable picture of who's driving the rally - and how few hands are actually pulling the strings.
XRP is having a great week - the token surged more than 10% over seven days, pushing its market cap past $93 billion and displacing BNB from the fourth position on CoinMarketCap.
Institutional flows into cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds remained resilient, with Bitcoin products attracting steady inflows for a second consecutive session, even as demand across Ethereum and altcoin-linked vehicles showed signs of divergence.
For most of crypto's history, "privacy coins" meant one thing: hiding transaction amounts from blockchain explorers. That definition no longer covers what is actually happening in this sector.
U.S. spot cryptocurrency ETFs recorded $232.86 million in net inflows on March 16 as institutional money begins flowing into Bitcoin and altcoins again.
Bitcoin traded near multi-week highs as the broader cryptocurrency market extended its upward momentum, supported by steady inflows and improving sentiment across digital assets.
Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner of DWF Labs, said what a growing number of institutional players have been thinking for months: the altcoin season as retail investors have known it is not coming back.
The global cryptocurrency market continued its upward momentum this week, pushing total market capitalization above $2.5 trillion as major digital assets recorded solid gains.
Paolo Ardoino, Tether's CEO, recently took to social media with a straightforward claim: USDT is the stablecoin built for the people, not institutions.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs snapped a prolonged stretch of outflows and stagnation last week, recording their first five-day inflow streak of 2026.
Solana processed $650 billion in adjusted stablecoin transaction volume in February 2026 — more than double its previous record of roughly $300 billion set in October 2025.
Crypto markets absorbed a punishing mix of geopolitical shock and on-chain chaos this week, yet institutional money kept flowing in. The result was a market that looked, at times, more like a war room than a trading floor.



