XRP rose above $1.60 before pulling back to around $1.50, after breaking out of a weeks-long $1.33–$1.47 range. Analysts highlighted $1.85 as a potential next upside level following the breakout and bullish chart signals dated March 17, 2026.

PI extended its recent slide over the past 24 hours, dropping more than 10% to a two-week low below $0.18, and is down roughly 40% since Pi Day on March 14. The project's Core Team said second migrations have started with a gradual rollout, letting users move additional PI to Mainnet, even as some community members questioned whether the update will be fully implemented.

XRP rose about 5% to nearly $1.50 as the broader crypto market rebounded over the past 12 hours. Analysts pointed to $1.43 as a key resistance and said a break above a sell-wall area near $1.50 could leave $1.95 as the next major hurdle. Separately, comments highlighted limited XRP short positioning while futures open interest climbed 16.5% over the past week to above $1.6 billion.

Bitcoin climbed above $74,000 on Monday morning, while Ethereum rose about 8% to nearly $2,300, pushing both assets to roughly six-week highs. CoinGlass data shows about $350 million in leveraged positions were liquidated, with almost $300 million tied to shorts and ETH short liquidations making up the largest share.