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The CEO of Polymarket, Shayne Coplan, describes the hunt for x100 crypto tokens as a game of irrational exuberance (Token2049, October 7, 2026). According to the Pew Research Center, 7% of Polymarket accounts gained more than $1,000 over six weeks and 9% lost as much.

Bitcoin wiped out its gains from early October by falling back to around $83,300 on October 7, after surpassing $86,400 the day before. The $81,300 level now draws attention, but its loss would only become truly worrying with ETF outflows and loss-making sales by recent investors.

The Bank of Russia formalizes the registration of bitcoin in Sberbank and VTB in their crypto registers. A major turning point that paves the way for BTC to 140 million clients. Discover the schedule and the rules.

Pi Network is entering the final stretch of its 2026 roadmap. Protocol 28 is set to launch on the mainnet on October 16, following a node migration scheduled by the 13th. However, on the market side, PI still struggles to bounce back. The token is worth 0.0824 dollars, 97.2% below its all-time high.

Bitcoin drops 2.7% below $84,000, while $547M of leveraged positions are liquidated in 24 hours. Oil and US rates increase pressure ahead of the Fed minutes.

TOKEN2049 Singapore opened this morning at Marina Bay Sands, with 25,000 attendees from 160 countries expected over 7 and 8 October. The organizer announced on 6 October that the event had “fully sold out”, yet the official checkout still displayed “Final Tickets Remaining” on 7 October, with General Admission at…

SINGAPORE — October 7, 2026 — TOKEN2049, the world’s largest crypto conference, today announced its expansion into the United States with the launch of TOKEN2049 New York. The inaugural US edition will take place on 16-17 June 2027, with 15,000 attendees expected from around the world.

SINGAPORE, 6 October 2026 – TOKEN2049 Singapore has sold out ahead of its return to Marina Bay Sands on 7–8 October, with 25,000 attendees from 160 countries set to attend. This year’s edition features 250 speakers across six stages and 500 exhibitors.

Evernorth postponed to October 12 the expected start of its Nasdaq listing under the symbol XRPN, due to an administrative delay. This schedule coincides with two major upgrades to the XRP Ledger, but their activation does not guarantee an increase in XRP, which trades around $1.46.

AI Expo Europe takes place in Bucharest on November 1 and 2, 2026, with more than 100 announced speakers including NVIDIA, Microsoft, ING and crypto lawyers. Cointribune cross-checked the agenda, biographies and AI adoption figures in Romania.

Elon Musk regained trillionaire status on Monday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires index. In just one day, his estimated fortune increased by 65.4 billion dollars to reach 1.04 trillion. This surge is mainly explained by the rise of SpaceX and Tesla, two companies that also share another common point: they hold bitcoin.

Nvidia is no longer far from a threshold never reached before on the Stock Market. The AI chip giant is now worth about 5,780 billion dollars, after a new peak of its stock at 239.24 dollars. At constant capital, a rise of just under 4% would be enough to raise its valuation to 6,000 billion. The global race for artificial intelligence infrastructures continues to fuel the movement.

Polymarket changes an essential part of its crypto infrastructure. The platform deploys Protocol V2, a new smart contract architecture intended to gradually replace a system based on code dating back to 2019. pUSD becomes the sole collateral, several types of markets can operate on the same exchange, and a future expansion beyond Polygon is already planned. Initial tests are underway.

Wealthy investors now look at digital assets with growing attention, despite the persistent reservations of some advisors. A CoinShares survey conducted with 2,230 people in seven major economies shows that the majority already hold crypto. On average, these investments account for about 10% of their portfolios. Above all, many still plan to increase their exposure in 2026. The decline observed in February therefore did not change this trend, which relies mainly on diversification and a long-term vision.

OKX closed on October 6 a new stage of its financing, still at a valuation of 25 billion dollars. Ripple, Circle, SC Ventures and Qube Research & Technologies thus join its capital, for an amount that has not been disclosed. At the same time, the platform accelerates on stablecoins with the launch of OKX Money.

Between the secret wallets of giants and the shock simulations of Wall Street, the mapping of Bitcoin holders is shifting. What if AIs are now leading the dance?

Ethereum has just activated Glamsterdam on the Sepolia testnet. The crypto upgrade was launched on October 6 at 13:53 UTC, at epoch 353,024. Several important changes are now being tested on a public network: new organization of block construction, preparation for parallel processing, and revision of certain gas costs. The mainnet will still have to wait.

From November 18 to 20, 2026, the Singapore FinTech Festival, organized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the GFTN network, brings together central bankers, regulators, and digital asset players at Singapore EXPO. Piero Cipollone, who leads the digital euro at the European Central Bank, and the chairman of the supervisory board of Qivalis, the euro stablecoin of European banks, are among the speakers. Cointribune details what the program offers for crypto, what interests a European reader, and the cost of the pass.

Kenya now uses Avalanche to secure over 30 million academic records. The Kenya National Examinations Council, responsible for national exams, relies on crypto blockchain to make certificates verifiable and much harder to forge. A verification that could take several weeks, even several months in some cases, can now be done much faster.

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.

The Bull Score of bitcoin, calculated by CryptoQuant, shows 90 out of 100, according to the report published by the company on September 29, 2026. This index summarizes the state of the bitcoin market on a scale from 0 to 100. In the same report, the analysis company notes a decline in demand: 170,000 BTC less spot demand over 30 days, according to CryptoQuant. The flows of US bitcoin ETFs, recalculated by Cointribune, show the same slowdown since September 21.

Binance will gradually launch Binance AI Pro in the second half of October 2026. This agent will convert instructions written in everyday language into automated strategies, but each user must approve their execution and manually fund a dedicated sub-account.

Beldex, a privacy-first Layer 1 blockchain, announced on 6 October 2026 from the Seychelles that its Confidential Assets, also known as Privacy Tokens, are live on its test network. They are activated by the Proto hard fork, at testnet block height 4,242,200 according to the release.

BitMine continues to accumulate Ethereum. The company has just purchased an additional 15,112 ETH for about 41 million dollars. Its reserve now reaches 6,016,414 ETH, valued around 16.4 billion dollars. According to its own calculation, the company controls 4.9% of the Ethereum supply and is now at 99% of its 5% target.

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.