Bitcoin and ether’s recent recovery appears to be losing momentum.

Your day-ahead look for March 30, 2026

Monday’s rally indicates that crypto gains may be dwindling. (Shutterstock)

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By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless otherwise noted)

The cryptocurrency market commenced the week positively, although additional gains may be constrained as indications of new capital inflows are lacking.

Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL) values have increased by over 3% since midnight UTC, while Bitcoin (BTC) has climbed nearly 2%, and XRP is behind at 1.5%. The CoinDesk 20 Index has risen by 2% to 1,941 points.

On the demand front, however, there appears to be weakness. The 11 U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced a net outflow of $296.18 million, ending a four-week inflow streak, according to data provider SoSoValue. Ether ETFs faced over $200 million in outflows. These funds are regarded as indicators of institutional interest in cryptocurrency.

Another channel for capital influx into the digital asset market is stablecoins, or tokenized representations of fiat currencies like the dollar, which is also showing concerning signals.

The growth in market capitalization of Tether’s USDT, the largest dollar-pegged stablecoin globally, has stagnated at approximately $184 billion over the last two weeks. The market cap of Circle Internet’s (CRCL) USDC, the second-largest stablecoin, has decreased by nearly 1.5% to $77.77 billion.

"Last week, stablecoins saw a decrease of $-1.1 billion, a negative indication compared to previous minting, which is in the 2nd percentile. Over the past 30 days, a total of $0.8 billion was minted," Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, remarked in a note to clients on Monday.

Experienced chart analyst Peter Brandt indicated that Bitcoin’s current price movement aligns with traditional technical analysis patterns, suggesting prices could drop to as low as $49,000. Options indicate a preference for put options across all time frames, reflecting ongoing downside concerns among traders.

Nonetheless, a sudden change in sentiment, possibly prompted by a potential U.S.-led ceasefire in the Iran conflict, could ignite a rally in Bitcoin and other risk assets. However, the BTC price would require establishing a solid position above $75,000 to indicate a complete bullish reversal. Remain vigilant!

Read more: For insights on today’s activity in altcoins and derivatives, see Crypto Markets Today

What to Watch

For a more extensive list of events occurring this week, see CoinDesk’s "Crypto Week Ahead".

• Crypto
  • March 30: BNP Paribas launches six cryptocurrency exchange-traded notes.
• Macro
  • Nothing significant scheduled
• Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)
  • March 30: Nano Labs (NA), pre-market

Token Events

For a more extensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk’s "Crypto Week Ahead".

• Governance votes & calls
  • SwissBorg vote on potential increase of referral rewards concludes.
• Unlocks
  • No significant unlocks.
• Token Launches
  • March 30: BASED token generation event to take place.

Conferences

For a more extensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk’s "Crypto Week Ahead".

• Day 2 of 3: Tokenize! LATAM 2026 (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
• Day 1 of 4: EthCC (Cannes, France)

Market Movements

• BTC has increased by 1.48% since 4 p.m. ET Sunday, reaching $67,388.07 (24hrs: +1.41%)
• ETH has risen by 2.78% to $2,051.71 (24hrs: +2.87%)
• CoinDesk 20 is up 2.05% at 1,940.98 (24hrs: +1.61%)
• Ether CESR Composite Staking Rate is down 6 basis points at 2.70%
• BTC funding rate is at 0.0007% (0.7939% annualized) on Binance

• DXY has increased by 0.23% to 100.09
• Gold futures are up 1.55% at $4,561.70
• Silver futures have risen by 2.38% to $71.20
• Nikkei 225 closed down 2.79% at 51,885.85
• Hang Seng finished down 0.81% at 24,750.79
• FTSE 100 is up 0.54% at 10,021.13
• Euro Stoxx 50 remains unchanged at 5,501.70
• DJIA closed on Friday down 1.73% at 45,166.64
• S&P 500 closed down 1.67% at 6,368.85
• Nasdaq Composite ended down 2.15% at 20,948.36
• S&P/TSX Composite closed up 0.23% at 31,960.70
• S&P 40 Latin America finished down 0.75% at 3,473.97
• U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield is up 2 basis points at 4.44%
• E-mini S&P 500 futures are up 0.35% at 6,435.00
• E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures have risen by 0.28% to 23,394.00
• E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are up 0.31% at 45,566.00

Bitcoin Stats

• BTC Dominance: 58.52% (0.21%)
• Ether-bitcoin ratio: 0.03048 (1.36%)
• Hashrate (seven-day moving average): 1,018 EH/s
• Hashprice (spot): $31.84
• Total fees: 1.63 BTC / $108,730
• CME Futures Open Interest: 121,295 BTC
• BTC priced in gold: 14.9 oz.
• BTC vs gold market cap: 4.49%

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