Algorand (ALGO) was worth about $0.133 on September 29, 2026. That is 16% more than the day before, and 72% more than six weeks ago. Two pieces of news explain the sudden interest. In late August, the network switched on an upgrade that protects its users' accounts against future quantum computers. Then, on August 31, a new boss arrived: William Herkelrath, a Chainlink veteran, tasked with winning over banks and asset managers. Usage is following: 677,000 active wallets in August, 29.6% more than in July. One question remains: is the market really buying Algorand, or simply riding a broad crypto rally?

NEAR has just gained about 138% in only 30 days and now joins the top 20 of the crypto market by capitalization. The token is trading around 5.50 dollars, for a valuation close to 7.2 billion. Behind this rise, NEAR Intents now exceeds 31 billion dollars in cumulative volume, while a first American spot product dedicated to NEAR has just arrived on Wall Street.

American Bitcoin ETFs have just experienced their worst session since June. On Wednesday, 484.9 million dollars left spot funds, wiping out in one day all the inflows accumulated since the beginning of October. BlackRock accounts for more than 207 million dollars in withdrawals. Bitcoin followed the trend, returning around 82,700 dollars.

On October 6, the five XRP ETFs tracked by major databases held nearly 1.7 billion dollars in assets. However, their net inflows were only around 4 million dollars over one week, a sign of slowing demand.

Bitcoins continue to leave exchange platforms. On Monday, October 5, net outflows reached 24,073 BTC in a single day, a record since March. At the same time, the share of supply held on platforms fell to about 6.5%. This decline comes as bitcoin is already erasing part of its gains from the beginning of the month.

Kazakhstan brings its financial system closer to crypto again. The country’s National Bank, Tether, and the Alatau city administration signed an agreement to study a stablecoin backed by the tenge, the national currency. The project first involves a concept and a pilot. The partners also want to tokenize real assets potentially using Tether’s Hadron platform. No new stablecoin has been launched yet.

Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, believes that artificial intelligence could discover a method to break certain cryptographic signatures before sufficiently powerful quantum computers arrive. He calls on the sector to prepare a "bunker mode," while specifying that no attack has currently been demonstrated.

Bitcoin trades around 84,000 dollars as institutional demand shows signs of slowing. Between September 28 and October 2, US spot ETFs recorded only 241.1 million dollars in net inflows. Meanwhile, the futures market is reducing its leverage. These movements now place ETF flows and several price levels at the center of upcoming market developments, as investors closely watch the next price moves.

The CEO of Polymarket, Shayne Coplan, describes the hunt for x100 crypto tokens as a game of irrational exuberance (Token2049, October 7, 2026). According to the Pew Research Center, 7% of Polymarket accounts gained more than $1,000 over six weeks and 9% lost as much.

Bitcoin wiped out its gains from early October by falling back to around $83,300 on October 7, after surpassing $86,400 the day before. The $81,300 level now draws attention, but its loss would only become truly worrying with ETF outflows and loss-making sales by recent investors.

The Bank of Russia formalizes the registration of bitcoin in Sberbank and VTB in their crypto registers. A major turning point that paves the way for BTC to 140 million clients. Discover the schedule and the rules.

Pi Network is entering the final stretch of its 2026 roadmap. Protocol 28 is set to launch on the mainnet on October 16, following a node migration scheduled by the 13th. However, on the market side, PI still struggles to bounce back. The token is worth 0.0824 dollars, 97.2% below its all-time high.

Bitcoin drops 2.7% below $84,000, while $547M of leveraged positions are liquidated in 24 hours. Oil and US rates increase pressure ahead of the Fed minutes.

TOKEN2049 Singapore opened this morning at Marina Bay Sands, with 25,000 attendees from 160 countries expected over 7 and 8 October. The organizer announced on 6 October that the event had “fully sold out”, yet the official checkout still displayed “Final Tickets Remaining” on 7 October, with General Admission at…

Evernorth postponed to October 12 the expected start of its Nasdaq listing under the symbol XRPN, due to an administrative delay. This schedule coincides with two major upgrades to the XRP Ledger, but their activation does not guarantee an increase in XRP, which trades around $1.46.

AI Expo Europe takes place in Bucharest on November 1 and 2, 2026, with more than 100 announced speakers including NVIDIA, Microsoft, ING and crypto lawyers. Cointribune cross-checked the agenda, biographies and AI adoption figures in Romania.

Elon Musk regained trillionaire status on Monday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires index. In just one day, his estimated fortune increased by 65.4 billion dollars to reach 1.04 trillion. This surge is mainly explained by the rise of SpaceX and Tesla, two companies that also share another common point: they hold bitcoin.

Nvidia is no longer far from a threshold never reached before on the Stock Market. The AI chip giant is now worth about 5,780 billion dollars, after a new peak of its stock at 239.24 dollars. At constant capital, a rise of just under 4% would be enough to raise its valuation to 6,000 billion. The global race for artificial intelligence infrastructures continues to fuel the movement.

Polymarket changes an essential part of its crypto infrastructure. The platform deploys Protocol V2, a new smart contract architecture intended to gradually replace a system based on code dating back to 2019. pUSD becomes the sole collateral, several types of markets can operate on the same exchange, and a future expansion beyond Polygon is already planned. Initial tests are underway.

Wealthy investors now look at digital assets with growing attention, despite the persistent reservations of some advisors. A CoinShares survey conducted with 2,230 people in seven major economies shows that the majority already hold crypto. On average, these investments account for about 10% of their portfolios. Above all, many still plan to increase their exposure in 2026. The decline observed in February therefore did not change this trend, which relies mainly on diversification and a long-term vision.

Wallets associated with the US government transferred 833.6 bitcoins, valued at over 71 million dollars, on October 6th. This first movement in six weeks concerns funds seized in the Bitfinex and HashFlare cases, but no data confirms their sale.

OKX closed on October 6 a new stage of its financing, still at a valuation of 25 billion dollars. Ripple, Circle, SC Ventures and Qube Research & Technologies thus join its capital, for an amount that has not been disclosed. At the same time, the platform accelerates on stablecoins with the launch of OKX Money.

Between the secret wallets of giants and the shock simulations of Wall Street, the mapping of Bitcoin holders is shifting. What if AIs are now leading the dance?

Ethereum has just activated Glamsterdam on the Sepolia testnet. The crypto upgrade was launched on October 6 at 13:53 UTC, at epoch 353,024. Several important changes are now being tested on a public network: new organization of block construction, preparation for parallel processing, and revision of certain gas costs. The mainnet will still have to wait.