<p>Crypto prices trended lower after the weekend, but Ripple's XRP bucked the trend and increased more than 6% over the past day.</p> <p>Bitcoin was trading at around $27,950 as of 9:45 am EDT, down about 1.1% in the last 24 hours.</p> <p>Ethereum was down slightly by 1.7% and priced at $1,764.</p> <p><img class="alignnone wp-image-222988 size-full" src="https://www.tbstat.com/wp/uploads/2023/03/BTCUSD_2023-03-27_09-47-33.png" alt="" width="1870" height="1404" /></p> <p><a href="https://www.tradingview.com/chart/h7wYKiIo/?symbol=BINANCE%3ABTCUSD">BTC/USD graph by TradingView</a></p> <p>Dogecoin and OKB were also trending higher. </p> <p><a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/222948/microstrategy-buys-bitcoin-prepays-silvergate-loan">MicroStrategy slid after saying it bought $150 million in bitcoin</a> between mid-February and last week.</p> <p><img class="alignnone wp-image-222992 size-full" src="https://www.tbstat.com/wp/uploads/2023/03/XRPUSD_2023-03-27_10-05-27.png" alt="" width="1806" height="1404" /></p> <p><a href="https://www.tradingview.com/chart/h7wYKiIo/?symbol=BINANCE%3AXRPUSD">XRP/USD chart by TradingView.</a></p> <p>Other crypto companies were also mostly trading down, with Galaxy Digital declining 1.3% and Coinbase lower by 3.2%. Block was rose 2.9%.</p> <p>In traditional markets, the Nasdaq 100 and the S&amp;P 500 were both trending slightly higher, rising 0.5% and 0.8%, respectively.</p><br /><span class="copyright"><p>© 2023 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.</p> </span>