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Charles Hoskinson believes that crypto has just entered a phase of exponential growth. During a speech at the United Nations, the Cardano founder compared blockchain to the Internet and artificial intelligence, two technologies whose adoption accelerated after slower starts. His most concrete example: tokenized stocks, which rose from about 600 million to 3 billion dollars.

On October 2, American XRP ETFs recorded net outflows of 3.28 million dollars, exclusively concentrated on the Bitwise fund. However, their assets experienced a decline of 37 million dollars during the session, a gap notably triggered by the drop in the price of Ripple's cryptocurrency.

During this month of October, USDT is set to make its return on Bitcoin, thanks to Utexo, an infrastructure supported by Tether and built around the RGB protocol. Thanks to this launch, confidential transfers, direct exchanges between BTC and USDT as well as loans secured by native bitcoin will be possible, without exposing all operators on the public blockchain.

BNB Chain has just reached a milestone in the crypto market for tokenized stocks. The network now hosts about 1.1 billion dollars worth of tokenized stocks and ETFs, nearly 30% of a market valued at around 3.7 billion. Ethereum follows with 828 million dollars, ahead of Solana at 738 million. In January, BNB Chain only represented 13% of the sector.

Cointribune is giving away 30 Trezor wallets, each worth €150, to readers who open an OKX account through its partner link by October 10, 2026. The process consists of three steps: a $100 deposit, a first trade, and a form. It combines with ongoing OKX offers, including an 8% bonus on USDT deposits converted to USDC, open until October 8. The real limit, however, is the counter: thirty wallets, no more.

Blast announced on Friday the closure of its Ethereum layer 2 network. Operating costs now exceed the revenue generated by the chain, and the team no longer sees "any credible path" to a sustainable model. Users have until October 26 to withdraw their assets.

Inflation in France reached 3% year-on-year in September 2026, compared to 2.4% in August, according to the provisional estimate from Insee. This acceleration, the strongest since February 2024, is mainly due to energy and fresh products, although prices fell by 0.3% compared to the previous month.

A fake WhatsApp message, a voice cloned by artificial intelligence, and 95 million euros transferred abroad. This is the scenario of the scam that hit Fideuram, the private banking subsidiary of the Italian giant Intesa Sanpaolo. A large part of the money has since been recovered or frozen. At least 36 million euros, however, were converted to crypto and remain at the center of an international investigation.

The word "online broker" today covers two realities that have little in common. On one side, accredited intermediaries who hold your securities account or your PEA under the supervision of the ACPR and the AMF. On the other, global multi-asset platforms that mix cryptocurrencies, tokenized stocks, and futures contracts on a single account, often outside any European framework. Confusing them is the costliest mistake an investor can make in 2026. This guide sets the criteria, then honestly positions each family, including MEXC.

On October 2, bitcoin surpassed 86000 dollars. It also briefly approached 87100 dollars, supported by the recovery of ETF inflows and the liquidation of short positions. Then, the price retreated around 85400 dollars, indicating that the favorable start of October does not yet guarantee a sustained increase.

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El Salvador will receive an additional $138 million from the IMF despite a gap related to its commitments on Bitcoin. The institution approved the second and third reviews of its financing program and granted several waivers to the country. The BTC file remains under surveillance. The IMF still wants to reduce the direct involvement of the State in crypto.

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.

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.

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.

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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.