Between massive burning and technological revolution, Binance launches a major offensive. Alongside the 37th BNB burn destroying nearly $1.2 billion of tokens, the crypto exchange unveils its trading AI to transform the investor experience.
Friday, October 16, the National Assembly adopted an amendment that could change crypto taxation in France. The text targets conversions into regulated stablecoins, even when investors do not recover their gains in euros. Led by Nicolas Sansu and sixteen deputies, this measure is part of the debates on the 2027 budget. However, its final adoption remains uncertain, as several parliamentary stages still need to confirm this new tax rule.
Russia will close an important door of its crypto market. From July 1, 2027, two individuals will no longer be able to buy or sell bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies directly between themselves. The Bank of Russia just confirmed this in an FAQ published on October 12. Transactions will have to go through an authorized intermediary, including a broker or a platform registered with the regulator.
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.
Chainalysis warns France. Its country director, François Volpoet, believes that the project to tax crypto conversions into regulated stablecoins could push investors towards less monitored foreign platforms. The proposed rate reaches 31.4% on the capital gains concerned. A measure which risks, according to him, complicating the monitoring of transactions rather than strengthening tax revenues.
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.
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.
FTX arrives on Netflix, but not everyone appreciates the storyline. Constance Wang, former chief operating officer of the crypto exchange and then co-CEO in its final months, strongly criticizes the trailer for The Altruists. She believes the series turns a bankruptcy that destroyed billions of dollars into a love story between Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison. Netflix will air all eight episodes on November 19.
Solana generates $38.2 million in revenue on dApps in seven days and dethrones Ethereum. Even when adding up its entire ecosystem, Ethereum still can't compete with Solana. A real turning point for the crypto market.
Theft of $86 million from Ledger users. CZ (Changpeng Zhao) warns of an invisible threat whose cause remains to be confirmed.
The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) proposed, on September 24, 2026, the repayment of stablecoins within two business days for the issuers it supervises. The project provides for exceptions and remains subject to consultation. Therefore, this deadline does not yet constitute an obligation applicable to all dollar stablecoins.
Deputies want to evolve the taxation of crypto-assets in France. On October 7 and 8, the Finance Committee of the National Assembly adopted several amendments to the 2027 budget. On the agenda: taxing conversions into stablecoins, extending the exit tax to unrealized capital gains, and allowing the deferral of crypto losses.
The CFTC launched, on October 5, a consultation on a federal framework for retail crypto transactions with leverage or margin. Meanwhile, the SEC is progressing on the custody of digital assets and tokenization. Washington thus seeks to attract innovation and capital, even if Congress retains the final say on part of this architecture.
Polymarket raises new concerns in the United Kingdom. The predictive markets platform records nearly 77,500 dollars bet on the failure of major banks, including HSBC and Lloyds. Facing the risk of manipulation and banking panic, a British MP calls for regulator intervention. Polymarket, for its part, defends the usefulness of these markets.
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.
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.
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.
This Tuesday, Aave posts the best DeFi rise! Its founder, Stani Kulechov, envisions a crypto token burn in Aavenomics 3.0, and buyers have seized on it. Meanwhile, the US 10-year yield remains very high and DeFi still progresses. Here are the key figures.
The European cryptocurrency framework enters a new phase. After the work dedicated to rules, authorities now focus on their application and monitoring. ESMA wants to strengthen coordination among national supervisors as the obligations of actors become more structured. In this context, MiCA occupies a central place in the 2027 work program of the European regulator. Verena Ross confirms this shift in approach, which is oriented towards supervision, convergence, and the monitoring of European risks.
Michael Saylor wants to enshrine five freedoms at the heart of the crypto economy: create, issue, hold, transfer, and use digital assets. In an essay published on September 26, the Executive Chairman of Strategy advocates a "declaration of digital rights" rather than a new catalog of restrictions. His ambition goes far: to enable 10 million new companies to raise capital through digital markets.
The SEC brings new clarifications to the crypto market. In an FAQ published on September 25, its staff details the treatment of tokens, liquid staking, buyback programs and promises made by issuers. A crypto asset that is not itself a security can still be sold under an investment contract. It all depends in particular on what the issuer promises to buyers.
The Russian Ministry of Finance estimates crypto assets held by Russians at 44 billion dollars. The figure, based on expert estimates, is much higher than the data published by the Central Bank.
Bitcoin Cash jumps 28%, Zcash 9%, and bitcoin falls back below 86,000 dollars. On paper, it looks like a capital flight. Except that while the market looks elsewhere, BlackRock continues to accumulate. Here is what the on-chain data doesn't tell you about BTC.
Donald Trump Jr. finds himself at the center of a new offensive in the U.S. Senate. Republican John Curtis, elected from Utah, is asking the judiciary committee to investigate the potential use of family ties to the presidency for financial purposes. He also wants Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to be subpoenaed to testify. For Donald Trump’s son, the senator notably cites his crypto activities, his links with predictive markets, and certain benefits received from foreign personalities. At this stage, it is a request for investigation, not a conclusion about possible offenses.
Europe could tighten the rules on stablecoins. In its response to the European consultation, the European System of Central Banks defends an expanded ban on returns related to tokens. The ECB targets indirect mechanisms related to lending, borrowing, or staking. The goal is to preserve the distinction between electronic money and deposits, while the MiCA revision opens debates on the rules of the European market. The proposal also directly concerns platforms offering returns.
The European Central Bank is preparing its first direct investments in tokenized securities. A small portion of its own funds will be placed in bonds and other euro-denominated securities, mainly issued by eurozone states, public agencies, and European institutions. The amounts and date of the first purchases are not yet fixed. Settlements will go through Pontes, the new infrastructure launched by the Eurosystem on September 21. For institutional crypto finance, the ECB no longer just observes tokenization: it now wants to use it itself.
The CLARITY Act stalls, pushing Saylor to bet on mass adoption of crypto products as U.S. regulators keep moving.
Solana has tightened its clock a third time since August with 250 milliseconds per block, compared to 300 before. A speed gain, not capacity. Coincidence or not, the announcement comes on the same day the network shows a record of more than 5 billion monthly crypto transactions.
European banks are quickly taking their place in the regulated crypto market. Their number in ESMA's MiCA register has increased from about 40 at the end of June to nearly 80 by September 16. At the same time, the full register grew from 243 to 349 providers. Banks now represent nearly 23% of the registered players, compared to about 17% three months earlier.
In Europe, the Binance case is taking an unexpected institutional turn. According to an investigation by the Wall Street Journal, Christine Lagarde is said to have personally weighed in to block the obtaining of a MiCA license by the exchange in Greece. This intervention is all the more sensitive as the ECB has no official power to issue these approvals. Two major issues emerge behind this showdown: the place of dollar-backed stablecoins in Europe and the future architecture of crypto supervision within the Union.