Archive 2026

The Bitcoin market is approaching a critical threshold. As short positions accumulate, a technical level now concentrates several billion dollars exposed to liquidations. In an environment marked by geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic uncertainties, this fragile balance could quickly give way. A limited move would be enough to trigger a chain reaction in the derivatives markets.

A prediction market on the fate of an American pilot missing in Iran is causing scandal. Polymarket removes it under pressure, while the United States prepares a law to ban these controversial bets. Between innovation and ethics, where to draw the line?

Paris Blockchain Week 2026 establishes itself as the most anticipated crypto event of the European spring. On April 15 and 16, the Carrousel du Louvre will for the first time bring together a sitting G7 president, leaders from BlackRock, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank, as well as the European regulators shaping the post-MiCA framework. The 2026 edition marks a turning point: digital assets are no longer confined to a parallel ecosystem, they enter fully into the institutional financial architecture. Cointribune readers benefit from an exclusive 15% discount on tickets with the code PBWCT15.

Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, is playing a risky card. The company is trying to close a historic fundraising at a valuation of 500 billion dollars, but time is running out. Investors have two weeks to commit. After this period, the project could be purely and simply postponed.

The Bitcoin network has just recorded its third difficulty increase since the beginning of the year. Good news on the surface? But behind this technical rebound hides a much darker reality for miners. And the current signals already announce an imminent turnaround.

Global crises reshuffle the market cards, but rarely in the expected direction. While investors instinctively turn to gold or defensive assets, a Mercado Bitcoin study reveals a counterintuitive reality: bitcoin outperforms after major shocks. Behind its initial volatility, the flagship crypto follows a unique trajectory that questions traditional reflexes. This dynamic, observed over several recent episodes, could well redefine market interpretation in times of instability.

AI is advancing fast, sometimes too fast for security. Vitalik Buterin warns of a worrying drift: intelligent agents open new vulnerabilities still poorly controlled. In the face of this risk, he breaks with dominant practices and opts for a radical approach, based on local and compartmentalized AI. Behind this choice, a question arises: is innovation in artificial intelligence compromising recent gains in privacy and data control?

Bitcoin is going through a rare moment of tension. The debate around BIP 110 is not only about a technical update. It concerns the very definition of bitcoin, its neutrality, and the limit of what the network should accept.