A notable bid-ask imbalance for Bitcoin exists near $66,000, possibly raising 
the chance for a relief rally to $71,000.

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Polymarket pundits are giving just a 15% chance that Bitcoin will reclaim 
$120,000 in 2026, while veteran trader Peter Brandt said he doesn&#8217;t expect a 
new high until Q2 2027.

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A key misunderstanding around XRP is being clarified in a way that reframes 
its upside, showing that higher prices can enhance payment efficiency, 
strengthen liquidity dynamics, and position the asset more competitively for 
large-scale global transactions. XRP Price Efficiency Liquidity Payments 
Mechanics Explained Ripple Chief Technology Officer Emeritus David Schwartz 
shared on social media platform […]

Why Higher XRP Prices Make Payments Cheaper, Ripple’s Schwartz Clarifies Misconception

XRP is struggling at $1.35. The market is bracing for a volatile week. And 
quietly, the data on Binance is telling a story the price chart has not yet 
decided to believe. An Arab Chain report tracking supply dynamics on Binance 
has identified a reading that stands out against the current bearish backdrop: 
XRP&#8217;s scarcity indicator has reached 0.59 — its highest level since 2024. That 
number reflects something specific and consequential. The supply of XRP 
available for immediate sale on the platform is contracting, not expanding. 
Related Reading: An XRP Key Indicator Just Flipped Bullish — and Most Traders 
Are Not Watching It Coins are leaving exchanges. Investors are withdrawing to 
private wallets, locking positions for the long term, and removing liquidity 
from the market&#8217;s most accessible selling venue. The historical context 
sharpens the significance. This same indicator spent months in deeply negative 
territory — registering its worst readings during the periods of heaviest 
selling pressure and peak exchange inflows earlier in the cycle. The move into 
positive territory, and now toward a multi-year high, represents a behavioral 
reversal: the sellers who were flooding the market are stepping back, and the 
holders who are replacing them are not selling. XRP at $1.35 looks fragile. 
The scarcity data says the floor beneath it is quietly being reinforced. One 
of them will prove correct first. The Sellers Are Stepping Back. The Question 
Is Whether Buyers Are Ready to Step Forward Arab Chain&#8217;s behavioral read of 
the scarcity data is where the report becomes most consequential. A scarcity 
indicator climbing to its highest level since 2024 is not just a supply metric 
— it is a behavioral fingerprint. It reflects who is currently holding XRP and 
what they intend to do with it. The answer, according to the data, is that the 
short-term sellers who dominated earlier in the cycle are being replaced by a 
different category of participant entirely: long-term holders, accumulating 
quietly, withdrawing from exchanges, and removing their coins from the 
available sell-side pool. That shift has a name in market structure analysis. 
It is called an accumulation phase, and the scarcity index reaching a multi- 
year high is one of its clearest on-chain signatures. Short-term selling 
pressure is declining. Investor confidence, at least among those moving coins 
off exchanges, is increasing. The balance of the market is tilting toward 
buyers. The report is careful about what comes next. The accumulation thesis 
holds only if two conditions persist: overall market sentiment continues to 
improve, and exchange supply continues to contract. If both hold, the setup 
for a stronger price movement builds gradually but structurally. XRP at $1.35 
is the price the market is offering. The scarcity data suggest fewer and fewer 
participants are willing to sell it there. Related Reading: Crypto Market Open 
Interest Hits $30 Billion, Highest Since January: Leverage Returns To The 
Market The XRP Chart Has Not Changed Its Mind. XRP is trading at $1.3510, up 
1.75% on the day — a green candle that opened at $1.3279, reached $1.3669, and 
is holding modest gains into the afternoon session. On any other chart, a 
1.75% daily gain would be unremarkable. On this one, it barely registers 
against the damage accumulated since July. The daily structure is unambiguous 
and has been for months. XRP peaked near $3.90 in late July 2025 and has 
traced a textbook descending staircase ever since — lower highs in August, 
October, January, and March, each rally sold into at a lower level than the 
one before. The February capitulation wick to $1.15, accompanied by the 
heaviest sell volume on the entire chart, established the floor the market is 
currently defending. That defense has held. It has not yet become a 
foundation. Related Reading: Unknown Wallet Buys $107 Million In Ethereum – 
Purchase Pattern Points To Bitmine All three moving averages confirm the 
structural damage. The 50-day MA has crossed below the 100-day MA — a death 
cross on the intermediate timeframe — and both are accelerating lower toward 
the $1.60–$1.80 region. The 200-day MA descends from approximately $2.10, so 
distant from the current price that reclaiming it is a medium-term ambition, 
not a near-term target. Today&#8217;s candle is constructive. The trend surrounding 
it is not. XRP needs a daily close above $1.45 to begin suggesting the post- 
capitulation range is building a base rather than forming a continuation 
pattern toward lower levels. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from 
TradingView.com

XRP Holders Are Pulling Coins Off Exchanges – History Points To A Strong Move

Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) faced a difficult week, with bitcoin and 
ether posting heavy outflows. Smaller assets showed mixed resilience, with XRP 
attracting modest inflows. Crypto ETFs Slide as Bitcoin, Ether Post Heavy 
Weekly Losses The last full trading week of March began with promise, but it 
did not end that way. What started as […]

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