In Biarritz, the SHAKA Festival stage is not reserved for headliners. From September 24 to 26, 2026, the SHAKA Startup Challenge gives selected young shoots a few minutes to convince, live, an audience where investors sit in the front row. For a founder, crypto or not, it might be the real reason to make the trip. Cointribune is a partner of the edition, with a discount code included.
Pi Network further expands its crypto infrastructure. On September 4, the Core Team launched three tools aimed at developers: local storage, an API providing access to staking data specific to each application, and file or video sharing. The project also consolidated its technical documentation on a single platform to simplify the transition from development to launching an application.
The major bitcoin corrections are losing magnitude. They have gone from about 85% in the early cycles to 84%, then 77%, and nearly 53% in the current cycle. Data compiled by Galaxy Research show this progressive compression, even though the 2025-2026 cycle bottom is not yet definitively confirmed.
Over the past thirty days, Solana has captured $348 million in net flows towards tokenized real-world assets. The blockchain thus outperforms other networks during this period, according to data provided by the RWA Foundation. This momentum raises the value of RWAs distributed on Solana to $4.23 billion. However, it is not enough to dethrone Ethereum across the entire market.
The idea immediately appeals: automatically copying the positions of an experienced trader, and reaping the same results as them without spending your days in front of charts. Copy trading has exploded in recent years, driven by crypto platforms that have made it a mainstream entry point to leveraged markets. But behind the promise lie actual fees, an unflattering profitability statistic over time, and a fundamental question that most advertisements avoid: who are you really entrusting your money to?
The US trade deficit reached 88.6 billion dollars in July, a high since March 2025. Indeed, the gap evolved by 24.4% in thirty days despite the tariffs established by Donald Trump. This increase comes both from a rebound in imports and a decline in exports. Moreover, investments in artificial intelligence justify a significant part of the movement, as American companies acquired more computers, computer accessories, and semiconductors abroad.
ByteDance has just closed a syndicated loan of 29.6 billion dollars. It is the second largest dollar transaction completed in Asia this year. For TikTok's parent company, the goal is clear: to finance its expansion in AI without relying solely on its profits.
A new data leak expands the incident affecting hardware wallet buyers. Trezor reports that a breach at its logistics partner Shipmonk exposed information of an additional 67,000 American customers. The affected files were supposed to be deleted from the provider's systems but remained accessible. The impacted orders date from November 2019 to August 2021. With the 13,689 recorded customers, the incident concerns about 80,000 people, without compromising wallets, private keys, or backups.
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, its first model classified as "Critical" in cybersecurity: according to the company, it discovers unknown vulnerabilities and writes the corresponding exploit without human guidance at each step. Its president Greg Brockman sees a possible milestone towards general artificial intelligence. For crypto, the stake is not theoretical, and it is already quantified. As early as February 2026, the EVMbench benchmark, published by OpenAI with Paradigm and OtterSec, measured this capability on smart contracts: the best agent exploited 72.2% of the tested vulnerabilities.
