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The Bitcoin network is now less than 80000 blocks away from its fifth halving, expected around April 2028. This milestone will halve the reward given to miners, from 3.125 to 1.5625 bitcoins per block, but its exact date will continue to evolve with the network's production pace.

On October 2, five people were indicted in Paris on suspicions of terrorism financing, money laundering, and breach of trust. This investigation, conducted with the United States, concerns donations that were allegedly diverted to Hamas. Washington also sanctioned two French associations and a leader of the armed group. Meanwhile, French justice estimates the amounts that may have passed through local network channels at about 1.1 million dollars.

Strategy estimates an accounting gain of $20.91 billion on its digital assets in the third quarter of 2026, according to its October 5 SEC filing. However, the nine-month balance remains negative by about $1.86 billion, according to our calculations.

Bitcoin posted its best weekly close since January, around 86530 dollars, before failing once again below the 87000 dollar zone. The rise in US Treasury yields and the decline in buying pressure are currently preventing the market from breaking through its annual opening price.

Strategy continues buying Bitcoin. Michael Saylor's company has just acquired an additional 334 BTC for 28.7 million dollars, bringing its total reserve to exactly 848,000 BTC. The average price of the last purchase reached 85,838.80 dollars. In total, the company has now devoted nearly 63.97 billion dollars to its immense Bitcoin treasury.

The 50, 100, and 200-day moving averages of bitcoin are about to regain a fully bullish alignment for the first time since June 2025. However, the signal is not yet confirmed and its history shows that it can precede both a strong rise and a quickly interrupted move.

From October 27 to 29, 2026, Merge Madrid brings more than 3,000 attendees and 250 speakers to the Madrid Stock Exchange and then to the Palacio de Cibeles, according to the organizer's press release of September 30. Santander, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank and Qivalis, the consortium of 37 European banks preparing a euro stablecoin, will present their projects there. Cointribune went through the official speaker list to tell you who is speaking, what these players already offer and what a ticket costs. To get the MERGE x Cointribune partnership discount (20% with the code MERGECOINTRIBUNE20)

Flávio Bolsonaro outpaced incumbent president Lula in the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, with 47.03% of the vote against 45.16%, sending the outcome to a runoff on October 25. Polls showed Lula winning; predictive platforms, however, had seen the senator's lead since September. A contradiction that revives the debate on their reliability, although they are blocked in Brazil.

1.5 million ETH waiting to enter staking and 786,000 other ethereum outflows, after a peak at 851,000 ETH related to the MetaMask incident. And to make matters worse, ETH is stuck below $2,800. What is really happening?

Polymarket attracts millions of crypto traders, but the majority do not come out ahead. Galaxy analyzed 2.9 million accounts considered retail on the international platform. Result: 69.2% end below their break-even point. Together, they accumulate $338.9 million in losses. Automated accounts show $246.8 million in gains.

Donald Trump entrusts a new mission to Jay Clayton. Already director of American national intelligence, he becomes the new "tsar" of the White House AI and will head a Super Intelligence Force tasked with coordinating federal policy. Clayton will have 120 days to present a report on the risks, opportunities, and the government's role regarding artificial intelligence.

On October 2, the SEC approved an amendment to the Cboe BZX listing rules for six Volatility Shares products, including a 3x leveraged Bitcoin ETP and a 3x leveraged Ether ETP. These funds aim to triple the daily performance of their reference asset, before fees. However, their launch still depends on a final regulatory step.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $292.5 million in net inflows during the first two sessions of October. The initial total of $134.4 million was incomplete because it did not yet include the $158.2 million allocated to BlackRock's IBIT fund on October 2.

The hacker of the NEAR Intents crypto protocol returned the $3.8M stolen on October 1 before the end of the 48-hour ultimatum. Cointribune traces the path of the funds and lists the grey areas of the case.

AI-linked cryptocurrencies have significantly outperformed the crypto market in September. According to Grayscale, this sector grew by 54% over the month, compared to 24% for the overall market. Despite its still modest size, with a capitalization of around 15 billion dollars, the segment could produce several "big winners" over the next five years.

Crypto rankings almost always sort by price or market cap. This one looks at neither. It counts what each project actually put into production between 1 July and 29 September 2026, with a date and an official source for every milestone. The result: Stellar finishes first, Qubic and Chainlink follow, and two of the market's heavyweights, Ethereum and Bitcoin, do not even make the table.

The digital ruble has reached a new milestone in Russia. For the first time, some employees of the Ministry of Finance received their salary directly in the central bank's digital currency. The system remains voluntary, and Moscow has not disclosed the number of participants or the total amount paid. After test payments and the national launch, the Russian CBDC is now included in pay slips.

Bitcoin approaches October with a particularly busy macroeconomic calendar in the United States. The Federal Reserve minutes, inflation figures, consumption, the rate decision, and growth data could change monetary expectations and cause strong fluctuations in the crypto market.

Bitcoin miners earned about 1.12 billion dollars in September, their best month since January. The BTC rally supported revenues while network difficulty barely moved in its last adjustment. It decreased by only 0.03%, to 132.72 trillion. After several difficult months, conditions are becoming a bit less tense for operators.

Bitcoin miners collected around 1.12 billion dollars in September, their best month since January. The BTC rally supported revenues while the network difficulty barely moved at its last adjustment. It decreased by only 0.03%, to 132.72 trillion. After several tough months, conditions are becoming a little less strained for operators.

Porsche ends its adventure in NFTs. On October 1st, the German manufacturer announced the closure of its Web3 project and its Pioneers Circle club, launched around the digital 911. The 2,363 tokens already issued will remain in their holders' wallets, but the brand does not plan any new activity. On the secondary market, trading has slowed significantly, a sign of sharply declining interest.

Crypto hacks triggered over 766 million dollars in losses during the month of September, according to initial estimates from PeckShield and Certik. This is the heaviest toll of the year. However, it was revised to 772.4 million dollars by Certik, with Bitget and Liquid Network suffering the bulk of the damage.

Bitcoin reserves on exchanges have fallen to around 2.68 million BTC, their lowest level since 2023 according to CryptoQuant data. At the beginning of 2024, they were still close to 3.2 million BTC. The decline continued despite strong price fluctuations, until the 2025 rally and then the 2026 pullback. Less Bitcoin therefore remains directly available on trading platforms. An interesting signal, but not automatically bullish.

TOKEN2049 opens its doors on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, for two days and 25,000 participants expected, according to the organizer. For this edition, the only one of the year since the Dubai event was postponed to 2027, the president of Nasdaq, the leader of Franklin Templeton, and officials from BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs are among the speakers. Cointribune explains what this presence of Wall Street says about the event, what to follow on the program, and the cost of the ticket one week before the opening.

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.

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.