Cardano ended September with an increase of about 23%, but some large crypto investors are beginning to lighten their positions. Since September 20, whales have reportedly sold nearly 90 million ADA, about 22.5 million dollars. At the same time, open interest on futures contracts has declined by 9%. After the rally, the market is therefore much more cautious.

Citigroup has revised its 12-month target for bitcoin from $82,000 to $113,000 and for Ether from $2,240 to $3,028. In 2026, this third revision is mainly based on the return of capital in ETFs, although the target set for bitcoin remains lower than that retained by the banking institution at the beginning of the year.

More than 50,000 Europeans have asked the European Commission to ease the MiCA rules on rewards related to stablecoins. The mobilization comes as Brussels reviews its crypto framework. A separate petition led by Stand With Crypto EU also exceeds 126,000 signatures. At the center of the debate: cashback, loyalty benefits, and especially regulated stablecoin remuneration.

NEAR Intents suffered a hack estimated at $3.8 million on October 1st, caused by a bug between its smart contract and a deposit and withdrawal infrastructure. The protocol promises to fully reimburse users and now claims to have identified the attacker, granting them 48 hours to return the funds.

Bitcoin closes September at $83,563 and Bitget Wallet holds a range from $78,000 to $95,000 for October. Cointribune calculates the gaps and the macro events to follow.

On October 1, 2026, the SEC proposed conditional self-custody and the use of state trust companies for the crypto custody of advisers and funds. Cointribune compares this to the 2025 SEC services letter, which already provided a path, without legal force.

MetaMask announced Wednesday night a security incident affecting part of its infrastructure. As a precaution, the company is initiating the withdrawal of its Ethereum validators operated via Lido. However, it specifies that it has detected no immediate threat to wallets. For now, the origin and extent of the compromise remain unknown.

Ethereum is preparing a new massive increase in its capacity. Crypto network developers now consider a limit of 200 million gas per block a credible goal after Glamsterdam. The mainnet currently operates around 60 million. If this step is passed, Ethereum could therefore more than triple the available space to execute transactions and smart contracts.

Many European regulators demand explanations from the Binance exchange regarding the continuation of its services within the European Union without MiCA authorization. "Reverse solicitation" is among the questions raised. It is an exemption that the platform would invoke to serve certain European clients from a structure located outside the EU.

On October 5 and 6, 2026, CoinFerenceX brings together founders, investors and Web3 projects at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, two days before TOKEN2049 opens. Entry is free, the VIP pass costs $399, and 2,119 people were registered on September 30, according to the event ticketing. Cointribune details what this summit offers, what it seeks and what you can gain based on your profile.

American Bitcoin ETFs have just broken a streak of nine consecutive sessions of inflows. On September 30, the funds recorded 148.7 million dollars in net outflows. Fidelity accounts for most of the withdrawals with 125.6 million dollars. The reversal comes after a sequence that attracted over 3 billion dollars to Bitcoin in less than two weeks.

Michael Saylor believes that Strategy, Strive, and other bitcoin treasury companies can capture a fraction of the global stock and bond markets, which together are valued at 318.5 trillion dollars. However, this amount does not represent either an expected valuation for these companies or a revenue forecast, but the theoretical financial market that their new products seek to access.

The net flows of U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs reach 2.73 billion dollars from September 1 to 28, 2026, according to data from Farside Investors. August ended at 3.52 billion. But September is not like August: 2.42 billion, or 88% of the total, arrived in six sessions from September 21 to 28. Cointribune reconstructed the two months session by session to show it.

Hackers linked to the Bitget crypto hack are changing methods. After the failure of an attempt to launder more than 50 million dollars via NEAR Intents, they sent about 2,746 ZEC, nearly 3.9 million dollars, into the protected Ironwood pool of Zcash. Once the funds enter this system, tracking them becomes much more difficult.

Greece registers four crypto providers in the ESMA MiCA register on September 24, 2026. The crypto exchange Binance withdrew its Greek application six days before the first approval.

The bitcoin bull market remains confirmed by several CryptoQuant indicators, but the momentum that drove BTC up to 87400 dollars is slowing down. Spot demand is declining, speculative positions are growing more slowly, and profit-taking has now reached levels likely to trigger a short-term correction.

Families tied up, repeat attacks within months, armed robbers: in France, criminals no longer hack your passwords, they break into your home. Why does the security of your crypto no longer depend on your private keys, but on your discretion? Dive into the human side of the digital hack.

Bitget has revised its estimate of the crypto assets affected by the September 24 security incident to approximately $387.5 million, up from its initial estimate of $351.6 million.

According to a CryptoQuant indicator that fell to its lowest level since January 2025, the amount of XRP available for trading on the Binance exchange platform is increasing. This signal increases the risk of selling pressure, however it does not prove that holders have started to massively sell their tokens.

Aiden Pleterski will appear without a lawyer before a Toronto jury. Nicknamed the Canadian "Crypto King," the 27-year-old is to be tried starting October 5 in a fraud and money laundering case involving tens of millions of dollars entrusted by investors. His trial is expected to last four weeks.

Hedera's token surged nearly 30% on Monday and Tuesday, hitting its highest point since January, before retreating on Wednesday. The momentum owes much to the arrival of an identity solution for AI agents on IBM Cloud. Another catalyst attributed to the network, a tokenization signed by BlackRock, remains to be confirmed.

OpenAI is already preparing a new massive financial operation. The company is reportedly looking to raise at least $30 billion from investors, with a target valuation close to $1.4 trillion. This amount mainly shows how costly the AI race has become. Between data centers, chips, and computing power, financial needs continue to explode.

MiCA has been fully applicable since July 1, 2026: any crypto platform serving European clients must be licensed under penalty of illegality. But the regulation stops at the door of decentralized finance (DeFi). A user of Uniswap or Aave is not protected by any of its rules and does not always know it. The European framework is now the only one in force. But MiCA does not regulate decentralized finance (DeFi), and this boundary was intentionally drawn by the regulation.

In 2027, China will take over the presidency of the BRICS. Thus, it will have the possibility to revive initiatives aimed at reducing dependence on the dollar. Beijing would favor payments in local currencies and the interconnection of financial systems, however no official roadmap is defined for the replacement of the American currency.