Archive August 2026

The crypto market could lose its main political catalyst in the United States. A few days before the Senate's parliamentary recess, the adoption of the CLARITY Act is slipping away, reigniting fears of a regulatory vacuum. For Bernstein analysts, this deadlock risks triggering an immediate correction in bitcoin and altcoins. Behind this short-term threat, however, lies a more nuanced scenario, where a legislative setback today could still reshuffle the cards for the crypto industry in the coming months.

200,000 dollars in bitcoin won with a probability of barely 1 in 62,750. A solo miner just defied the statistics during the Coldcard storm, reminding that BTC keeps running, indifferent to security crises. Discover the dizzying figures behind this jackpot and what it reveals about solo mining.

Federal funding dried up, so researchers got creative — OnlyFans and a memecoin. Marmots, sex work and Solana. Welcome to 2026, folks.

Tokenized equities have become one of crypto’s fastest-growing segments in 2026. Their active market capitalization has surged by more than 140%, rising from $814 million in January to nearly $2 billion. A new DeFiLlama study suggests that the next phase will depend less on novelty and more on liquidity, settlement quality and reliable execution.

Has bitcoin really hit its bottom, or is the market about to undergo a new wave of capitulation? While investors hope to see the correction lose steam, Michael Terpin, a historic figure in the crypto ecosystem and author of Bitcoin Supercycle, cools expectations. According to him, the purge is far from over: BTC could still retreat to $40,000 to $50,000 before starting a new bullish cycle. A projection based on his model of the "Four Seasons of Bitcoin," built around the rhythm of halvings.

Intesa Sanpaolo's latest SEC filing reveals a radical shift in its crypto ETF: less BTC, more staked Ethereum. The details!

Since the transition to proof of stake in 2022, the reward mechanisms for validators have taken a central role in discussions around the network. A new proposal today rekindles this debate by suggesting a progressive reduction of rewards paid to staking participants. The project aims to modify economic incentives while limiting the creation of new tokens. Ethereum thus finds itself at the heart of a reflection that already divides the actors of its ecosystem.

On August 3rd, a wallet that had been completely inactive for seven months transferred 16,400 bitcoins, nearly 1.04 billion dollars, reigniting speculation about the intentions of its holder. Indeed, this movement occurs while bitcoin is trading around 62,800 dollars, far from its all-time high of 126,198 dollars reached in October 2025. In a market where large fortunes quickly influence liquidity and investor sentiment, such an operation never goes unnoticed.