Bitcoin slid to roughly $69,500 on Thu, Mar 26, with open interest down to about $108B and $273M in 24‑hour liquidations; the Fear & Greed Index plunged to 9 (extreme fear) as top altcoins also fell.
Binance announced it will remove 10 trading pairs at the end of March, naming pairs that include ALT/BTC, CYBER/BNB, CYBER/ETH, CYBER/FDUSD, JUV/USDC, LSK/BTC, SAND/BTC and VET/BTC. Users with positions in the affected markets should check deadlines and move funds if needed.
Binance Margin halted margin trading on 14 altcoin pairs on March 24, including heavyweights XRP, AVAX, Bitcoin Cash and ATOM. The move narrows leveraged options for traders and could affect liquidity for the affected tokens.
Cheeky Crypto reports roughly $6 billion worth of XRP has left Binance, with on-chain reserve declines prompting warnings of a potential structural supply squeeze. Reduced exchange reserves could tighten liquidity and increase price sensitivity to buying flows.
Binance will remove eight cryptocurrencies from spot trading on April 1, 2026, after a review found they no longer meet its updated listing criteria. Affected tokens include A2Z, FORTH, HOOK, IDEX, LRC, NTRN, RDNT and SXP.
Altcoin capitalization (TOTAL2) rose back above $1 trillion, closing the second week of March with its first green weekly candle after seven straight weekly declines. The Altcoin Season Index has returned to January highs, raising fresh talk of an altseason revival.
Dogecoin climbed 11% over the past week, erasing a zero from its quoted price and far outpacing the broader crypto market's 3.36% gain. The surge, recorded on Mon, 16 Mar 2026, highlights renewed momentum for the original meme coin.
Solana climbed about 13% over the past week and is trading around $92–$93, rebounding from a January peak near $295.
Zcash rose 4.1% to $217.80 after the team announced a $25 million funding round from top venture firms following its split from the Electric Coin Company, pushing ZEC's 24‑hour gain to 9.8%. The round aims to finance development, audits and ecosystem growth under the project's independent roadmap.
Dogecoin has fallen for five straight days after peaking at $0.1175 on Feb 15, as a push to reclaim $0.10 stalled amid a broader crypto sell-off. On-chain and trading indicators turned bearish, raising the odds of further downside.