Archive August 2026

During the recent market rally, altcoins accounted for nearly 65% of the volumes observed on the Binance exchange. This is their highest level in two years. Their cumulative valuation also increased by approximately 135 billion dollars. These data indicate that traders have increased their exposure to assets other than bitcoin and Ether. However, this is not enough to confirm an altseason, as the majority of large cryptos have not yet outperformed BTC over three months.

The digital euro would offer more privacy than a traditional bank transfer. At least, that's what the European Central Bank claims, through Piero Cipollone, a member of its executive board, who states that the Eurosystem will remain unable to link a citizen to their payments. A promise that digital rights advocates receive with suspicion.

Bitcoin can now be used to finance the purchase of a home in the United States without going through a sale. Better Mortgage and Coinbase have just widely opened their real estate loan backed by digital assets. Bitcoin serves as collateral to finance the initial down payment. The owner retains exposure to bitcoin throughout the loan duration.

Two entities from the crypto ecosystem, DefiLlama and the Web3 investment bank Forgd launch Universal Token Ratings, recently developed a ranking aimed at evaluating 128 tokens based on their market functioning and transparency. Uniswap is the only project to obtain the AAA rating, while 25 other cryptos received an AA. This system relies on the terminology of classical rating agencies but does not measure default risk. It mainly interprets liquidity, volumes, token unlocks, and the quality of information published by various projects.

While hardcore maximalists still treat the white paper like holy scripture, Michael Saylor drops a 14-part essay that unsettles the faithful and reduces Satoshi to just another founder, leaving the purest believers furious.

Trump reportedly earned $1.4 billion from crypto in 2025, while Public Citizen estimates investor losses at $4.7 billion. Analysis.

On August 28, 81,700 options on bitcoin expire on Deribit. These options have a notional value of $6.44 billion. Indeed, the max pain price was located in the range of $68,000 to $70,000, well below the current bitcoin price. However, this key expiry did not trigger an immediate move towards this level.

The memecoin launched by the author of the GTA 6 leaks has just lost 46% in 24 hours. CYBERLEEK had reached 25 million dollars in market cap thanks to nine days of unreleased game videos. Its creator finally sold 15.4 million tokens and recovered several hundred thousand dollars. A few hours later, Rockstar was to officially present new footage of GTA 6.