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Strive steps up a gear. The Nasdaq-listed asset manager (ASST) has just acquired 1,800 additional bitcoins for a total bill of around 143 million dollars. This operation was announced on Monday on X by its CEO, Matt Cole. Paid at an average price of 79,431 dollars each, this new batch raises the company's total reserve to 23,156 BTC, or nearly 1.76 billion dollars according to its latest 8-K report.

A crypto vote is imminent in the Senate, but the CLARITY Act falls to a 13% chance. Is the market already anticipating failure? Analysis.

Bitmine never lets up. Tom Lee's company has just added 131 million dollars worth of ETH to its treasury, its biggest weekly purchase since June, bringing its holdings to 4.9% of the total supply. And Tom Lee doesn't intend to stop there... He already sees further for Ethereum.

Michael Saylor's company has just resumed its bitcoin acquisitions, but at a price that raises questions. Strategy has just bought 4603 BTC at 80318 each for 369.7 million dollars after about two months of absence. However, the company had sold several thousand bitcoins a few weeks earlier at a significantly lower price. Thus, this market return is not a simple resumption of accumulation, but it provides insight into the financial arrangements that now mark this group's bitcoin strategy, between capital raises, liquidity management, and share buybacks.

Stablecoins are at the heart of a debate on digital currency. Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, contrasts their model with tokenized bank deposits. According to him, these two forms of money do not rely on the same guarantees. He believes that reserves in U.S. Treasury bonds offer more solid coverage. This position responds to criticism from the Bank for International Settlements, which advocates tokenized deposits. The debate concerns the reserves and the future of finance.

On August 19, 2026, the Belgian Department for Combating Online Harm (BAPO) issued five decisions requiring four registrars and one registry to provide a complete file on operators of illicit sports streaming sites: identity, IBAN, bank cards, crypto wallets, and transaction identifiers, plus twelve months of connection logs. All under seal of secrecy. The cross-border scope of the injunction remains, in practice, to be tested.

During the week ending August 28, American XRP ETFs attracted 110.49 million dollars. For observers, this is their best weekly performance since the beginning of the year. Also, it is their first result above 100 million dollars since December 2025. Indeed, cumulative inflows now approach a record 1.66 billion dollars. However, this demand did not prevent XRP from falling below 1.40 dollars after its recent rebound to 1.70 dollars.

Brazil is one of the world's most active markets for cryptocurrency adoption. For travelers, digital nomads, and expats moving to or visiting the country, digital assets offer a practical way to move money across borders, manage living expenses, and navigate local financial needs smoothly.

DeFi is rapidly recovering. The SoSoValue crypto index $DEFI.ssi has gained nearly 38% since August 17, rising from 0.3616 to around 0.498 after peaking at 0.511. The rebound of Bitcoin and Ethereum helped. But investors are also eyeing Washington: the new rules being considered in the United States could allow DeFi protocols to better redistribute their revenues to their tokens.

The largest Russian bank Sber is preparing a new step in its crypto services. The institution wants to accept three assets as loan collateral while Russia prepares to enter a regulated framework. Bitcoin, Ether, and USDT are to join the existing collaterals. This development depends on the central bank's authorization for their listing. Meanwhile, Sber notes limited demand for the digital ruble before its wider deployment as part of this transformation of the current national financial sector.

Strategy reportedly acquired bitcoin for the first time since June 22 according to Michael Saylor's statements. The company president broadcast a brief message as BTC was close to 79,000 dollars. No acquisition, amount, or average price has yet been published. This announcement follows four consecutive sales that reduced Strategy's reserves by 6916 BTC since their last peak.

In August, Dogecoin temporarily rose by 21.4%, its best monthly performance since January 2026. During the second half of this month, DOGE benefited from a strong increase to reach 0.10 dollar. However, the crypto lost part of its gains. This rebound does not, however, end its annual downward trend. The crypto still suffers a decline of nearly 27% since January and remains significantly below its 2025 peak.

Zcash has just experienced a strange week. ZEC climbed about 72% between August 18 and 23, reaching 878 dollars. Discussions on social media exploded even faster. Then almost everything fell back before the launch of Grayscale's ETF on August 25. The price has since corrected by about 10%.

A tech conference where as many deals are signed on the surfboard as in the networking space. This is the bet of the SHAKA Festival, returning to the Cité de l'Océan in Biarritz from September 24 to 26, 2026. Founders, CTOs, and investors come for a format that embraces its "anti-conference" side and for a lineup mixing crypto, AI, and French institutions. Cointribune is a partner of the edition, with a code included.

Polygon has finally explained what its Austin and Kyoto hard forks were hiding. The two updates fixed several security vulnerabilities kept private during their deployment. Some could slow down the network, crash nodes, or force validators to perform very costly computational work. Polygon claims no exploitation was observed on the mainnet.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sanctioned Gabriel Perez, former teleprompter operator at the White House. He will have to pay 172,539.02 dollars after using non-public information to trade on the predictive markets platform Kalshi, notably on contracts related to Donald Trump's interventions.

Stablecoins find themselves at the center of a new showdown between community banks and the crypto sector. Today, in the United States, the review of the CLARITY Act reignites opposition around the yields associated with these digital assets. The Independent Community Bankers of America demands a complete ban on rewards linked to these assets. Its leader Rebeca Romero Rainey rejects the idea of a compromise on this issue. At the same time, banks warn of a possible massive transfer of deposits to digital assets in this debate.

Twelve years after his death, Hal Finney remains an inseparable part of Bitcoin's history. The cryptographer received the very first BTC transaction sent by Satoshi Nakamoto on January 12, 2009. Ten bitcoins to test a network that practically had no value yet. Today, those 10 BTC would be worth more than 800,000 dollars. And another question still refuses to disappear: Did Finney really know Satoshi's identity?

One week after the European Blockchain Convention, Barcelona returns to the technology scene. The AI Summit Barcelona takes place on September 22 and 23, 2026 at the World Trade Center, on the port. Only the second edition, but an immense ambition: to go from 1,500 participants last year to more than 10,000 this year, with NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic featured. Here's what to remember, and the code reserved for the Cointribune community.

Stablecoins do not constitute a credible means of large-scale payment, decided Pablo Hernández de Cos, head of the BIS, on Friday. Before the Jackson Hole symposium on August 28, he preferred tokenized bank deposits. The day before, his institute published a study highlighting very uneven issuance rules across markets.

Circle brings USDC to the front of Chelsea jerseys starting from the 2026/27 season. The main partnership, announced on August 28, outfits the men’s, women’s, and academy teams, with an official debut on Sunday against Brighton at Stamford Bridge. No stablecoin issuer had occupied this spot before in the history of the English championship.

Bitcoin could not maintain the $80,000 threshold after rebounding to $81,455 on August 28. Then, its price fell to $76,877 before a slight rise. This rejection occurs while many sell orders remain visible between $80,800 and $83,000. Their presence can slow a recovery, however, it does not justify either the identity of their holders or their real intention to sell.

The network enters a new phase of supply management. Solana validators have approved a measure that accelerates the annual reduction of SOL emissions. This decision changes the pace of disinflation without altering the long-term target set. The vote also comes as investment products linked to the network attract capital. The results thus clarify the supply and staking rewards, as well as current governance choices.

While the Nasdaq drifts and gold quietly plays its classic safe-haven role, bitcoin has crashed the party, started shadowing the yellow metal, and left everyone waiting on Kevin Warsh’s next sentence.

The twelfth edition of the European Blockchain Convention takes place on September 16 and 17, 2026 in Barcelona. This year, the event more than ever embraces its institutional shift: banks, asset managers and market infrastructures take center stage, with BlackRock, Swift, State Street or Citi on the program. Here is what to expect, the entrance cost, and the code reserved for the Cointribune community.

Arthur Hayes believes that the Strategy stock is no longer the best way to gain exposure to bitcoin. According to the BitMEX co-founder, the removal of the premium once granted to the MSTR share weakens the financial process that allowed the company to issue shares and obtain more BTC. However, this analysis does not explain an immediate insolvency risk. It is mainly related to Strategy's ability to continue its growth without diluting its shareholders.

Bitcoin has just returned a clear majority of its supply to profit. After rising from about 62,000 dollars to almost 80,000 in one week, 69% of the circulating BTC now show a value higher than their on-chain reference level. The rebound has therefore repaired part of the losses. Not all: about 617 billion dollars of capital are still underwater.

California takes a new crucial step in regulating memecoins and digital assets linked to Californian elected officials. Bill AB 2409, led by Avelino Valencia, distinguishes rules applicable to public officials and digital providers. After its adoption by the Senate on August 26, the Assembly unanimously validated the amendments. The bill still has to go through final formalities before being reviewed by Governor Gavin Newsom. It notably targets the issuance of tokens by certain individuals exercising public authority in California. A targeted ban for public officials