On Friday, March 13, SBI Holdings CEO Yoshitaka Kitao announced that the group's XRP-based shareholder reward program has been expanded to include SBI ARUHI, a publicly listed mortgage-focused subsidiary. The initiative follows SBI Holdings' 2026 shareholder benefit plan that lets investors receive XRP and is aligned with the company's broader push to connect blockchain solutions with traditional financial services.

On 13 March 2026, analysis of the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran that began on 28 February showed that only about 8–10% of Bitcoin’s global hashrate depends on oil-linked power grids, leaving roughly 90% largely shielded from crude price spikes. The main threat to miners comes from Bitcoin’s price and collapsing hashprice, which has pushed marginal operators toward shutdown while large public miners sign over $65 billion in AI and high-performance computing contracts to repurpose their energy infrastructure.

Yield-bearing stablecoins have expanded 15 times faster than the broader stablecoin sector over the past six months, driven by sharp market cap gains in USYC, USDG, USDD and USDY. Their combined value has doubled since May 2025 to $22.7 billion, while US lawmakers remain split over how yield products fit into the CLARITY and GENIUS regulatory frameworks.

On March 13, analyst Ali Martinez shared an XRP monthly chart showing a multi‑year symmetrical triangle pattern, with price compressing between rising support and falling resistance. The analysis identifies support near $0.90 and $1.60, and key resistance around $3.32, above which projections point toward a possible $27–$48 upside zone in a future bull cycle. XRP is trading at $1.43, up 3.7% on the day, 1.9% over the week, and 4.7% during the past month.

Between January and March 2026, Ripple Labs unlocked 3 billion XRP from its escrow, ultimately leaving around 900 million XRP, valued at $1.278 billion as of March 13, circulating for business use. The company returned about 2.1 billion XRP to escrow, which still holds over 33 billion XRP, while using released tokens to fund operations, acquisitions and share repurchases.

A crypto analyst known as @UnknownDLT on X has proposed how XRP's circulating float might look if it were adopted as a global settlement asset. He estimates that only 15 billion to 30 billion XRP could remain available for real-time payments once institutional collateral, reserves, and ETFs are accounted for. The commentator also argues that XRP's valuation at full settlement capacity should be based on this effective float rather than the total token supply.

The Bank of England has indicated it is prepared to adjust elements of its proposed stablecoin framework, including controversial holding limits for individuals and businesses, following a consultation launched in November last year. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden told UK lawmakers that while the central bank is open to alternative ways of managing deposit migration risks, it has so far received limited constructive proposals from crypto industry participants. Industry figures argue they have invested significant effort in responding to consultations and warn that rules on caps, capital and reserves must remain proportionate if the UK is to become a competitive stablecoin hub.

Binance announced the removal of 21 tokens from its Binance Alpha platform, after which several of the affected altcoins recorded sharp double-digit losses and some dropped by around 70–80%. The exchange also recently paused Ethereum network deposits and withdrawals for an upgrade and expanded spot trading pairs for the U stablecoin over the past few months.