Cryptocurrency 27 March 2026 - 6 April 2026

Bitcoin slipped to nearly $67,000 on Thursday, retreating after President Donald Trump indicated the conflict with Iran would drag on, a move that hit risk assets and sent both oil and the dollar climbing. The cryptocurrency was last seen trading near $66,700 in New York’s afternoon hours, off roughly 2% for the day. This shift comes just as U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs, which hold the cryptocurrency itself, notched inflows of roughly $1.32 billion in March—their first net gains since October. But on Thursday, bitcoin gave back ground, once more tracking risk appetite instead of behaving like a safe-haven asset.

Gen Z is increasingly dominating India's crypto futures scene—61% of new traders now fall into this age group, a joint study from Pi42 and Hashed Emergent found, as cited by the Economic Times on Wednesday. Women, too, are stepping up: they represent almost one in eight traders, with their participation rate climbing, per the same report. This is catching attention now, as two other India crypto reports out this week echo the trend: Indian users aren’t just accumulating tokens—they’re turning to new tools, and in some cases, moving beyond pure speculation. Bybit India’s Vikas Gupta told Analytics Insight in an interview published March 31 that local traders are increasingly relying on analytics and risk management. Then there’s Shardeum’s Nischal Shetty, who said in a March 30 commentary the next surge could be driven by payments, remittances, and gaming—not just trading.

XRP opens the week trading close to $1.32, following a sluggish stretch—off nearly 5% across the last seven days and slipping about 1.7% in the latest 24 hours. On Coinbase, XRP’s price moved between $1.32 and $1.35 over the previous day. CoinGecko tracked a broader weekly range, with highs touching $1.43 and lows holding steady at $1.32. The next big hurdle probably arrives from the U.S. economy, not Ripple. The March payrolls report lands April 3 — but with stock markets closed for Good Friday. Latest Reuters figures, as of Friday, indicate a 55,000 job gain and unemployment at 4.4%. Retail sales data and fresh reads on manufacturing and services are also on deck for next week.

XRP hovered close to $1.32 on Friday, deepening its decline while crypto markets at large lost ground. Traders continued to weigh Ripple’s fresh AI-focused security initiative for the XRP Ledger. The token slipped roughly 2.4% on the day, marking a 7.9% drop for the week. Why it matters now: XRP is hovering in the low $1.30s, right as crypto sentiment sours again. Ripple’s AI-assisted red team has already flagged more than 10 bugs in the ledger codebase. CoinDesk points to $1.35 as the new support—basically, that’s where buyers showed up last time. If it slips, $1.30 is next on the radar.