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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.

XAUUSD is one of the most watched symbols in trading rooms as well as consumer trading applications. Behind these six letters is simply the price of an ounce of gold expressed in dollars. But between the XAUUSD from forex brokers, the XAUUSDT from crypto platforms, and classic futures contracts, the same metal is traded in very different forms, with rules, costs, and risks that do not resemble each other. This guide puts things in order.

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

Two hundred and forty taxpayers in the United Kingdom have declared more than one million pounds sterling in crypto gains for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. These investors collectively realized 717 million pounds in capital gains, which is more than half of the total amount reported by all taxpayers involved. The term "crypto millionaires" however requires clarification.

Solana could soon significantly reduce the remuneration of its stakers. The SIMD-550 proposal, currently submitted to a community vote, plans to accelerate the decline of SOL inflation. In the long run, the nominal staking yield could fall from about 5.25% today to 2.25% in three years. The community must decide between immediate income for stakers and increased scarcity of SOL.

On August 28, 81,700 options on bitcoin expire on Deribit. These options have a notional value of $6.44 billion. Indeed, the max pain price was located in the range of $68,000 to $70,000, well below the current bitcoin price. However, this key expiry did not trigger an immediate move towards this level.

Trump reportedly earned $1.4 billion from crypto in 2025, while Public Citizen estimates investor losses at $4.7 billion. Analysis.

While hardcore maximalists still treat the white paper like holy scripture, Michael Saylor drops a 14-part essay that unsettles the faithful and reduces Satoshi to just another founder, leaving the purest believers furious.

The SEC has just sent a reform project on the custody of crypto assets by investment advisers to the White House. The stated goal is to end the legal uncertainty that has paralyzed the industry for years.

Two entities from the crypto ecosystem, DefiLlama and the Web3 investment bank Forgd launch Universal Token Ratings, recently developed a ranking aimed at evaluating 128 tokens based on their market functioning and transparency. Uniswap is the only project to obtain the AAA rating, while 25 other cryptos received an AA. This system relies on the terminology of classical rating agencies but does not measure default risk. It mainly interprets liquidity, volumes, token unlocks, and the quality of information published by various projects.

Bitcoin can now be used to finance the purchase of a home in the United States without going through a sale. Better Mortgage and Coinbase have just widely opened their real estate loan backed by digital assets. Bitcoin serves as collateral to finance the initial down payment. The owner retains exposure to bitcoin throughout the loan duration.

The digital euro would offer more privacy than a traditional bank transfer. At least, that's what the European Central Bank claims, through Piero Cipollone, a member of its executive board, who states that the Eurosystem will remain unable to link a citizen to their payments. A promise that digital rights advocates receive with suspicion.

A threshold divided by 25, more than 5 billion dollars of bitcoin already converted, and increasingly close links between BlackRock and Ripple. Behind these seemingly technical moves lies a clear strategy: turning whale fear into opportunity, and BTC into a locked financial product.

Before the end of this year, Sam Altman announces that OpenAI will have an internal system which he will designate as general artificial intelligence. However, the leader admits that the company has not yet crossed this stage. This projection is mainly based on Astra, a new family of models capable of performing research tasks over several days. However, no autonomous test can certify that OpenAI is really on the threshold of AGI.

Despite Trump’s decree on alternative assets, 77% of Americans consider crypto too risky for their retirement savings. Analysis.

Ethereum specialists issue the proposal to rebuild the contract that gives validators the ability to deposit their ETH. Their intention is to authorize new cryptographic systems to relinquish the BLS signatures currently used. Nearly 42.4 million ETH, valued at nearly 104 billion dollars, depend on this format. The project remains a working document. It does not choose any post-quantum algorithm and does not yet ensure network protection against any attack.

Just as critics were ready to bury Strategy under a pile of bitcoins, a fierce rebound turned heavy paper losses into a multi-billion windfall, leaving Michael Saylor grinning and doubters speechless.

The Tron network has just passed a new milestone with more than 400 million registered accounts. This growth comes less than three years after crossing 200 million accounts and confirms its rise. Since its launch in June 2018, the network has gradually established itself in stablecoin transfers. Its cumulative volume approaches 30 trillion dollars, while USDT is the main driver of this usage.

Grayscale takes a new step with Zcash. The asset manager began trading its ZCSH product on Tuesday, August 25 on NYSE Arca, giving American investors exposure to ZEC directly from their brokerage account, without having to buy or hold the token themselves. However, the launch comes after the correction of a critical flaw in Zcash confidential transactions. The issue has since been fixed, notably with the Ironwood upgrade activated in July.

The artificial intelligence company Anthropic is preparing to offer investors a total addressable market reaching more than 30,000 billion dollars. This amount represents theoretical annual revenues attainable if the firm manages to capture 100% of the activities it considers automatable thanks to AI. Such an estimate comes as the Claude designer is about to go public and tries to justify its massive capital needs.

After a 24% increase, bitcoin shows several signs of improvement. CryptoQuant estimates that this rise has shifted on-chain and demand indicators into a bullish zone. Its Bull Score has increased in one week while spot demand accelerates. However, the analysis does not yet consider the cycle change confirmed. A technical level must be crossed to validate this new market phase.

In July, 4.2 billion transactions were processed on Solana, a monthly record for the network. Activity grew by 13.5% in one month and by 91% since December 2025. This increase precedes an approximate 40% rise in SOL over eight days, with a crossing of the $100 threshold. Meanwhile, the valuation of tokenized real-world assets on Solana currently approaches $4 billion.

In the United States, 39 banking associations prepare a crypto blockchain network dedicated to stablecoins and tokenized deposits. Details!

The XRP Ledger has just come out of its lethargy. Indeed, blockchain activity has experienced spectacular growth, as XRP closes the month under increased scrutiny. Active addresses, price evolution, and flows on exchange platforms redraw a conformation that fuels market expectations. Moreover, derivatives products consolidate this pressure with quantified forecasts observed by investors. Does this surge in activity on the XRP Ledger herald a true shift in momentum for XRP?

A possible sale of Hugging Face raises questions about the value of platforms that structure the open source ecosystem again. According to Business Insider, the company has reportedly hired a bank to probe buyers, with a potential valuation of 13 billion dollars or even more. No agreement exists yet and the buyers remain unknown. This hypothesis comes a few weeks after an intrusion related to an OpenAI AI agent, adding a new issue to this file already followed by global investors.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have just chained a sixth session in the green. On Monday, August 24, they attracted 337.6 million dollars, bringing the total inflows over six sessions to 2.26 billion dollars. This series also significantly reduces the net outflows recorded since the beginning of the year.