A threshold divided by 25, more than 5 billion dollars of bitcoin already converted, and increasingly close links between BlackRock and Ripple. Behind these seemingly technical moves lies a clear strategy: turning whale fear into opportunity, and BTC into a locked financial product.

Before the end of this year, Sam Altman announces that OpenAI will have an internal system which he will designate as general artificial intelligence. However, the leader admits that the company has not yet crossed this stage. This projection is mainly based on Astra, a new family of models capable of performing research tasks over several days. However, no autonomous test can certify that OpenAI is really on the threshold of AGI.

International tax rules still see only a small part of on-chain crypto activity. Chainalysis estimates potentially taxable flows observed in 2025 across six major blockchains at at least $457 billion. The OECD's CARF would directly cover only 14% of this. The remaining 86% notably go through DeFi, peer-to-peer transfers, staking, or payments.

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Ethereum specialists issue the proposal to rebuild the contract that gives validators the ability to deposit their ETH. Their intention is to authorize new cryptographic systems to relinquish the BLS signatures currently used. Nearly 42.4 million ETH, valued at nearly 104 billion dollars, depend on this format. The project remains a working document. It does not choose any post-quantum algorithm and does not yet ensure network protection against any attack.

Just as critics were ready to bury Strategy under a pile of bitcoins, a fierce rebound turned heavy paper losses into a multi-billion windfall, leaving Michael Saylor grinning and doubters speechless.

The Tron network has just passed a new milestone with more than 400 million registered accounts. This growth comes less than three years after crossing 200 million accounts and confirms its rise. Since its launch in June 2018, the network has gradually established itself in stablecoin transfers. Its cumulative volume approaches 30 trillion dollars, while USDT is the main driver of this usage.

American students want more crypto in their courses. A survey commissioned by OKX shows that 90% of them support the teaching of cryptocurrencies and blockchain at university. The curricula lag far behind: only about 28% of accredited American business schools offered blockchain courses in a separate 2025 study. Between the two, social networks are taking the place.

Grayscale takes a new step with Zcash. The asset manager began trading its ZCSH product on Tuesday, August 25 on NYSE Arca, giving American investors exposure to ZEC directly from their brokerage account, without having to buy or hold the token themselves. However, the launch comes after the correction of a critical flaw in Zcash confidential transactions. The issue has since been fixed, notably with the Ironwood upgrade activated in July.

The artificial intelligence company Anthropic is preparing to offer investors a total addressable market reaching more than 30,000 billion dollars. This amount represents theoretical annual revenues attainable if the firm manages to capture 100% of the activities it considers automatable thanks to AI. Such an estimate comes as the Claude designer is about to go public and tries to justify its massive capital needs.

Cardano has only a few days left to avoid a serious governance problem. The network must validate the arrival of four new members to the Constitutional Committee before September 1. For now, votes remain far from the required thresholds. If nothing changes, only three members would remain in office. Transactions would continue normally, but several governance decisions could remain blocked.

After a 24% increase, bitcoin shows several signs of improvement. CryptoQuant estimates that this rise has shifted on-chain and demand indicators into a bullish zone. Its Bull Score has increased in one week while spot demand accelerates. However, the analysis does not yet consider the cycle change confirmed. A technical level must be crossed to validate this new market phase.

In July, 4.2 billion transactions were processed on Solana, a monthly record for the network. Activity grew by 13.5% in one month and by 91% since December 2025. This increase precedes an approximate 40% rise in SOL over eight days, with a crossing of the $100 threshold. Meanwhile, the valuation of tokenized real-world assets on Solana currently approaches $4 billion.

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The XRP Ledger has just come out of its lethargy. Indeed, blockchain activity has experienced spectacular growth, as XRP closes the month under increased scrutiny. Active addresses, price evolution, and flows on exchange platforms redraw a conformation that fuels market expectations. Moreover, derivatives products consolidate this pressure with quantified forecasts observed by investors. Does this surge in activity on the XRP Ledger herald a true shift in momentum for XRP?

Solana crypto ETFs have just recorded 33.5 million dollars of net inflows in a single session. It is their best day of 2026 and their fifth consecutive positive session. The cumulative flows now reach a record 1.22 billion dollars. Bitwise still absorbs most of the money.

A possible sale of Hugging Face raises questions about the value of platforms that structure the open source ecosystem again. According to Business Insider, the company has reportedly hired a bank to probe buyers, with a potential valuation of 13 billion dollars or even more. No agreement exists yet and the buyers remain unknown. This hypothesis comes a few weeks after an intrusion related to an OpenAI AI agent, adding a new issue to this file already followed by global investors.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have just chained a sixth session in the green. On Monday, August 24, they attracted 337.6 million dollars, bringing the total inflows over six sessions to 2.26 billion dollars. This series also significantly reduces the net outflows recorded since the beginning of the year.

Bitcoin surpasses $80,000, its highest level since mid-May. Complete breakdown and analysis of scenarios to watch.

Bitcoin is increasingly embedding itself in the balance sheets of publicly traded companies. Thus, Strive has just expanded its bitcoin treasury strategy through a significant purchase. This acquisition allows it to consolidate its positions at a time when investors watch every capital movement. An unprecedented financial mechanism is illustrated behind this major operation: capital allocation, shareholder exposure, and reserve strategy are at the heart of the equation. What does this bitcoin offensive by Strive really reveal?

HYPE has just set a new record at $83.27. The Hyperliquid token then retreated around $77.50, with a capitalization close to 19.5 billion. However, the schedule arrives at a delicate moment. On August 29, an additional 14.17 million HYPE must become available. Current value: about 1.2 billion dollars.

The crypto exchange platform Coinbase aims to bring Wall Street into DeFi. Indeed, the exchange is proceeding with the official deployment of its tokenized shares on Base, its own Layer-2 network. This market is breaking new records. Thus, it reached an amount of 2.3 billion dollars by mid-2026. The main players in the sector aim to make these shares usable tools in decentralized applications.

As the U.S. Treasury keeps the money printer spinning, Bitcoin surges 25% in a week and brushes $80,000, leaving bears grinding their teeth while bulls start dreaming big again.

Michael Saylor's firm stops its bitcoin acquisitions and changes its priorities. Strategy bought no BTC between August 17 and 23, ceasing its usual pace. This suspension does not mean inactivity. The company continues to mobilize equity markets aiming to significantly consolidate its liquidity. It thus chooses a new financial configuration, between cash reserve and bitcoin treasury. This initiative could extend its intervention capacity in upcoming operations.