One week after the European Blockchain Convention, Barcelona keeps the technology momentum going. AI Summit Barcelona takes place on September 22 and 23, 2026, at the World Trade Center, on the port. It is only the second edition, but its ambition is huge: to grow from around 1,500 participants last year to more than 10,000 this year, with NVIDIA, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic on the bill. A Cointribune community rate is available for your pass.

According to Changpeng Zhao, a bitcoin duel against gold would turn in favor of crypto as early as the next bull market. The founder of Binance considers this surpassing possible, however recent valuations temper his forecast.

Meta has launched Muse, an AI agent capable of booking a trip, sending an email, filling out forms, and especially making online purchases after user validation. Presented on September 8, Muse operates in a secure virtual machine and notably uses Stripe Link to pay. Meta is first deploying it in the United States on iOS, Android, and muse.ai.

Strive's bitcoin craze continues: $109M swallowed in seven days. Profitable crypto strategy or financial time bomb? Analysis.

After acquiring 28,086 ETH in one week, BitMine's Ethereum treasury reaches 5.93 million Ether. The company confirms having achieved 97% of its goal to own 5% of the total supply, but this ratio relies on its own count of 122 million ETH.

Strategy has just bought back 176 million dollars of STRC and doubled its buyback program to 2 billion to reassure the market about its bitcoin-backed securities. Meanwhile, Peter Schiff questions the real demand, and the company's online shop sells a "BTC-themed" sneaker without a bitcoin payment option. Irony or admission?

Under the “AI crypto” label, search engines lump together networks that do not do the same job. Some sell an intelligence market, others graphics rendering, software agents, or model training.

In France, crypto taxation could involve $9.4 billion of taxable activity during the year 2025, according to data provided by Chainalysis. However, this amount does not constitute either hidden gains or an estimate of taxes lost by the State.

Hunter Biden, son of former American president Joe Biden, is set to launch a memecoin called LAPTOP on Base this Wednesday, featuring an airdrop especially aimed at investors who lost money on Donald Trump’s TRUMP memecoin. But even before its first trade, the project is already facing strong criticism. Several figures mentioned around the launch have distanced themselves.

Robinhood Chain generated about 33 million dollars in fees in fifteen days, compared to 11 million for Solana and 9 million for BNB Chain over the same period. According to a Bernstein note reported by The Block on September 8, the network launched on July 1 now produces between 2 and 4 million dollars in daily fees. Robinhood would keep about 90% of it. For this new branch of its crypto activity, the numbers are starting to become significant.

The flaw related to Liquid a Network allowed the unauthorized withdrawal of 3996 bitcoins, valued at nearly 320 million dollars. Since then, the perpetrators have already returned 3400 BTC, however the exact technical origin and the fate of the remaining 598.5 BTC remain unknown.

Bitcoin fell back to around $78,300 on September 8 after surpassing $82,000 last week. Ethereum trades near $2,480, XRP around $1.39, and Solana loses about 2% on the day. The decline affects the entire market, but it does not yet resemble capitulation: crypto capitalization falls by about 0.4%. Oil near $100, high bond yields, and the return of expectations for U.S. rate hikes explain much of the movement.

Postponed to mid-October, Anthropic's IPO could become the biggest test in history for AI valuations. The details!

Solana strengthens its crypto transaction ceiling to catch up with Ethereum on complexity, during the same week Ethereum, on its side, is preparing the end of the obligation to hold ETH to transact. Two competing networks, two opposite strategic projects, and a shifting balance of power quietly taking shape behind the scenes.

On September 6, the open interest of altcoins surpassed that of bitcoin. This is a first since December 2024. Such a shift confirms the rise of leverage on Zcash, XRP, and Solana. However, this is not enough to announce an altseason.

While some of the major listed miners are redirecting their machines towards artificial intelligence, Sarah Sacrispeyre, CEO of Meta Mining group, is making the opposite choice: to remain a "pure and hard" Bitcoin miner. Five years after our first interview, the leader who owns one of the largest Bitcoin mining capacities in the Middle East and has "almost tripled" it since 2021, shares her reading of the network, its cycle, and its long-term horizon.

Ethereum is preparing Frame Transactions so users can pay gas fees without holding any ETH starting in 2027.

The digital treasury market is experiencing a movement in France. Capital B has just announced a major acquisition, financed by several fundraisings. The company purchased 376 BTC for 25.3 million euros, approximately 29.4 million dollars. This operation is its biggest purchase in a year. It now brings its reserves to 3,521 units. This announcement comes as bitcoin trades around 79,500 dollars, after a peak near 81,700 dollars.

According to former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti, the CLARITY Act is already "dead" in the U.S. Congress. However, the bill is still subject to a crucial procedural vote on September 15, which prevents its failure from being definitively confirmed.

The bears tell us that Bitcoin will return to 60,000 dollars. On the other side, some bulls are already talking about completely outrageous prices. As always, reality is probably somewhere in between. As a trader and two-time winner of global crypto trading competitions in 2024 and 2025, I will simply explain to you what I see today in the market, without euphoria and without trying to announce unrealistic targets.

As of September 6, 2026, the "Next French presidential election" market on Polymarket shows $128,026,232 in traded volume, according to the platform's public data. It is one of the most active political markets in the world, and it concerns a vote that will not take place until April 2027. At the same time, this market is legally inaccessible from France: the National Gaming Authority ordered its blocking on July 16, 2026. A financial instrument built on the blockchain, a real French audience, and a regulator who qualifies it as illegal gambling: the issue is not the race; it is the mechanics.

Fomo surpasses Pump.fun in one day with 1.76 million dollars. But the PUMP token itself soars by 7.8%. Is the crypto market right to snub major press headlines?

Vitalik Buterin believes bitcoin security will withstand the advances of artificial intelligence. However, the Ethereum co-founder has not wagered 90% of his fortune on a new bet, as he thinks his crypto holdings already expose him to such a scenario.

Bitcoin is recovering, but the mining network is still cautious. In one month, the hashprice increased by 22.24%, driven by the price increase. However, the hashrate remains below 1 ZH/s, while difficulty has increased again. This situation creates a gap between potential revenues and the computing power being used. For miners, the upcoming adjustments will primarily measure whether this improvement can support a sustainable recovery of the network's capacity.