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The crypto market regained momentum in the third quarter of 2026 after several months of decline. According to the latest CoinGecko report, its total market capitalization increased by 39.6%, driven notably by Ethereum and flows into Bitcoin ETFs. However, this recovery is not accompanied by an equivalent return in trading activity. Spot volumes are declining, while leveraged positions are rising. This discrepancy raises several questions for the coming months.

Bitcoin fell back around $81,000 after US inflation exceeded expectations, reviving the risk of another rate hike by the Federal Reserve. The simultaneous decline in stocks, copper and bond yields, while gold rises, mainly reveals a general flight to assets deemed safer.

Donald Trump's Crypto Council has just lost its last known leader. Patrick Witt, its executive director, left his position after the expiration of his temporary assignment at the White House. He confirmed his departure on October 15, 2026, and announced his return to the private sector. No successor has been publicly designated, while the Clarity Act, one of the main American crypto reforms, remains blocked in the Senate.

American XRP ETFs continue to attract capital. After thirteen consecutive weeks of positive inflows, these funds are approaching $1.8 billion in cumulative net inflows. Meanwhile, Ripple is multiplying initiatives with two new agreements in international brokerage and South Korea. However, the XRP price remains under pressure.

Changpeng Zhao strongly reacted to the sanction of over $1.21 billion imposed on Bank of America for its failures in anti-money laundering efforts. The founder of Binance mainly points out the lack of criminal prosecutions against the bank's executives, while he himself had spent four months in prison for an offense related to his platform’s compliance system.

Coinbase wants to prepare Bitcoin for the arrival of quantum computers without waiting for them to become a concrete threat. In a publication dated October 13, the platform emphasizes that modifying the network rules and supporting the migration of its ecosystem will take several years. It claims to hold nearly one million BTC, about 5% of existing bitcoins. Its document presents technical avenues, not a plan imposed on the network.

Uniswap v4 crosses 44 billion dollars in trading volume over 30 days. The latest version of the crypto protocol now accounts for 49.9% of Uniswap's total activity, ahead of v3. This progress comes as the UNI token tries to recover after defending the 6.80 dollar support. Traders are notably watching a liquidity zone around 11 dollars.

A legal dispute in the UK questions the legality of certain crypto derivatives operations. A British engineer claims 324.8 bitcoins, valued at approximately 26.5 million dollars as of October 14, 2026, after more than a thousand losing trades. He believes the platform did not have the necessary authorization to offer these financial products to British clients. This case could also involve other traders who carried out similar operations between 2018 and 2022 on the BitMEX platform.

Artificial intelligence agents have made more than 138 million payments via the x402 protocol on Base, according to a Chainalysis study published on October 14. However, this figure measures the number of transactions, not 138 million dollars: more than 87% of the analyzed operations are worth less than ten cents.

The crypto network Solana plans to activate Alpenglow on October 21, 2026. The update targets transaction finality of about 150 milliseconds, compared to 12.8 seconds with TowerBFT.

A whale sold 1,074.36 bitcoins for $89.5 million and bought 36,159 ethereum for $90.6 million in three days, according to Lookonchain. Here is what is known, and what this operation hides.

Michael Saylor believes that the cryptocurrency market is entering a new phase of growth, despite recent uncertainties. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, the Strategy executive states that bitcoin has probably reached its bottom below 60,000 dollars. He now anticipates a return above 100,000 dollars, without providing a specific timeline. His forecasts are based notably on the evolution of the regulatory framework, banking adoption, and the development of digital credit.

An old Ethereum address transferred 6369 ETH to Kraken after acquiring these tokens around 14 dollars nine years ago. Their value now reaches nearly 16 million dollars, but the reported yield of 17786% will only be actually cashed if the assets are sold.

Last week, I warned that Bitcoin was approaching the $87,000 area, but that there was a high probability of a correction toward $80,000 before another attempt to break through higher resistance levels. For that reason, after the previous bullish move, I decided to position myself in the opposite direction, opening a short position around $86,000 with a clear target at $80,000. The market went on to make precisely that move. Bitcoin corrected to $80,000, approaching the 50-day exponential moving average (EMA 50), an important technical area within the current structure. Once my target was reached, I closed the entire short position, secured the profits, and used that same price level to increase my spot Bitcoin holding.

On a platform, your heirs can claim your cryptos. On a personal wallet, without the recovery phrase, they are lost. Rules by country and solutions.

Polymarket still has not launched its own crypto-asset. However, its founder, Shayne Coplan, mentioned this possibility again during a conference in Singapore. Without date or concrete details, his words are enough to rekindle airdrop rumors, while the company is also considering going public.

Bitcoin falls below 83,000 dollars this Wednesday, October 14, following a higher-than-expected U.S. inflation release. The CPI reaches 3.7% year-on-year in September, versus 3.6% expected. Core inflation also rises to 2.6%. Investors now fear further interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, while the crypto market is already struggling to regain momentum.

A listening device hidden in OpenAI's premises by an employee was detected and then identified thanks to the company's AI models. The suspect is in the hands of justice.

XRP's share of the total crypto market capitalization has dropped from about 5% in July 2025 to nearly 3% in October 2026. This decline mostly reflects a relative loss of value compared to other digital assets and does not mean that the use of the XRP Ledger has decreased by the same proportions.

More than 400 scientists want to seriously strengthen the monitoring of the most advanced AI models. Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Stuart Russell are among the 406 signatories of an open letter published in October. They call for an international body responsible for setting containment standards and recording security incidents. Their first recommendation is even more concrete: by default, isolate from the Internet models capable of conducting cyberattacks.

Russia continues the integration of cryptocurrencies in its financial system, with a growing role for traditional banks. Sberbank, the largest banking institution in the country, has just obtained authorization to trade digital assets. The bank is already preparing operations on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT in its application. This advance accompanies the establishment of a market regulated by the Russian authorities, who want to organize the exchange and custody of cryptocurrencies.

Open interest on NEAR-related futures contracts hit a record $1.92 billion on October 12, while the token benefited from a rotation into cryptos associated with artificial intelligence. This peak reflects strong speculative activity, but not the arrival of $1.92 billion in fresh capital.

Crypto: Trezor withdraws accreditation from some of its resellers by January 1, 2027, following the Ledger spy implant. Schedule, data, and stakes.

MERGE Madrid runs October 27 to 29, 2026, between the Madrid Stock Exchange and the Palacio de Cibeles. Cointribune lays out the schedule, the institutional summit panels and the official ticket prices.

Tom Lee, one of Ethereum's most well-known advocates, foresees a difficult short-term period for ETH. His warning does not question his long-term bullish thesis: it concerns a possible contagion effect coming from the South Korean stock market.

The Japanese company Metaplanet takes a new step in its financial strategy. By issuing 52 billion yen (~$328 million) of zero-coupon convertible bonds, the company aims to restructure its debt and buy back its own shares without selling its Bitcoins.

Blur, long the leading NFT marketplace on Ethereum, announced on Monday the closure of its site for November 12. Monthly volumes dropped from about $1.43 billion at the peak in March 2023 to less than $7 million today, without the platform ever charging fees.

Binance will close Binance Pool and several services related to crypto mining on November 10, 2026, at 07:00 UTC. Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, and Transaction Accelerator will also disappear. The exchange is already asking miners to redirect their machines to another pool. Binance does not give any specific financial or regulatory reason and simply talks about a regular review of its products and services.