Solana is about to complete an acceleration that began in August. The crypto network must reduce its target time between two blocks from 250 to 200 milliseconds during epoch 1053, expected on October 9. At this pace, five block production opportunities can appear each second, compared to 2.5 when Solana still operated at 400 ms. The blockchain is faster, but its overall theoretical capacity does not double.

Bitcoin brushed 80,900 dollars before bouncing back towards 82,000 dollars. At the same time, the AI sector takes another bad surprise: OpenAI communicated to its investors an annualized revenue close to 50 billion dollars for September, about 20 billion less than the previously mentioned 70 billion. The two events do not have the same origin. However, they arrive in a market where expensive oil, high rates, and gigantic expenses are starting to make investors much more demanding.

More than six million bitcoins rely on public keys already visible on the blockchain, according to the latest Glassnode data. This situation revives concerns around wallet security in the face of advances in artificial intelligence and quantum computing. While this share represents 31.2% of the circulating supply, Justin Drake calls on industry players to anticipate possible attacks against the cryptographic systems used today.

The tokenization of financial assets promises faster transactions and markets open 24 hours a day. Yet, the sector remains limited. In its latest report, the IMF highlights that volumes remain low compared to traditional markets and that platforms struggle to communicate with each other.

Bitcoin dropped to about 80400 dollars on Thursday evening, triggering a cascade of liquidations across the entire crypto market. Nearly 1.19 billion dollars of positions were closed within 24 hours, before a BTC rebound above 82000 dollars.

Pump.fun retained $18.64M in crypto protocol revenue over seven days, according to DefiLlama. A Coin Metrics study shows that 81% of the 150 memecoins analyzed have lost at least 90% since their peak.

The European crypto-asset framework takes a step forward with a deadline for platforms. ESMA asks cryptocurrency companies in the European Union to address their exposures to stablecoins that do not comply with MiCA. National regulators will therefore need to oversee this transition within a timeframe, while providers will have to review several services offered to European clients. This measure specifically concerns custody, transfers, and operations still allowing holding certain tokens that do not comply with European rules.

Bitcoin fell around 81200 dollars on October 8, after a low near 80940 dollars, its lowest level in nearly three weeks. The rise in oil and US rates increases the pressure, while tensions around Iran revive inflation fears.

Anthropic targets a mid-October roadshow on Nasdaq, according to Reuters, and OpenAI has postponed its listing to 2027 via Sam Altman. Neither stock is yet purchasable. In Europe, only one regulated channel currently allows you to take a position on their valuation: the pre-IPO X-Perps contracts launched by OKX on September 10. Here is what they allow, what they don’t, and how to access them from France.

Starting the last week of October, eligible American users will be able to send USDC from Samsung Wallet. The manufacturer targets 82 million compatible Galaxy devices, with no fees to external wallets, with regulated partners in charge of the funds. Stablecoins reach a mass distribution milestone.

Algorand (ALGO) was worth about $0.133 on September 29, 2026. That is 16% more than the day before, and 72% more than six weeks ago. Two pieces of news explain the sudden interest. In late August, the network switched on an upgrade that protects its users' accounts against future quantum computers. Then, on August 31, a new boss arrived: William Herkelrath, a Chainlink veteran, tasked with winning over banks and asset managers. Usage is following: 677,000 active wallets in August, 29.6% more than in July. One question remains: is the market really buying Algorand, or simply riding a broad crypto rally?

NEAR has just gained about 138% in only 30 days and now joins the top 20 of the crypto market by capitalization. The token is trading around 5.50 dollars, for a valuation close to 7.2 billion. Behind this rise, NEAR Intents now exceeds 31 billion dollars in cumulative volume, while a first American spot product dedicated to NEAR has just arrived on Wall Street.

American Bitcoin ETFs have just experienced their worst session since June. On Wednesday, 484.9 million dollars left spot funds, wiping out in one day all the inflows accumulated since the beginning of October. BlackRock accounts for more than 207 million dollars in withdrawals. Bitcoin followed the trend, returning around 82,700 dollars.

On October 6, the five XRP ETFs tracked by major databases held nearly 1.7 billion dollars in assets. However, their net inflows were only around 4 million dollars over one week, a sign of slowing demand.

Bitcoins continue to leave exchange platforms. On Monday, October 5, net outflows reached 24,073 BTC in a single day, a record since March. At the same time, the share of supply held on platforms fell to about 6.5%. This decline comes as bitcoin is already erasing part of its gains from the beginning of the month.

Kazakhstan brings its financial system closer to crypto again. The country’s National Bank, Tether, and the Alatau city administration signed an agreement to study a stablecoin backed by the tenge, the national currency. The project first involves a concept and a pilot. The partners also want to tokenize real assets potentially using Tether’s Hadron platform. No new stablecoin has been launched yet.

Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, believes that artificial intelligence could discover a method to break certain cryptographic signatures before sufficiently powerful quantum computers arrive. He calls on the sector to prepare a "bunker mode," while specifying that no attack has currently been demonstrated.

Bitcoin trades around 84,000 dollars as institutional demand shows signs of slowing. Between September 28 and October 2, US spot ETFs recorded only 241.1 million dollars in net inflows. Meanwhile, the futures market is reducing its leverage. These movements now place ETF flows and several price levels at the center of upcoming market developments, as investors closely watch the next price moves.

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…