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Back to school 2026: crypto finds its breath, not a mania

After a quiet summer, Bitcoin, ether and ETF flows have a voice again. This is not a new mania cycle. It is a working September, with a calendar: CPI, the Fed, a US bill still in the corridor.

Antoine M. · 2 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin under $80,000: $987 million of ETFs, YTD still red

6 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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Stablecoins

21 banks aim at an on-chain dollar for 2027

6 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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Ethereum

Ethereum ETFs: $215 million in the week, the pace breaks

6 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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News

Saturday wire: Bitcoin under $80,000, jobs have spoken

5 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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Les 8 raisons d’avoir un compte Kraken - avec Dorian

Pourquoi choisir Kraken en 2026 ? Découvrez les 8 raisons d’ouvrir un compte sur la plateforme la plus sécurisée et innovante

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Tax-office hack: a suspected ZeroBytes member charged and jailed

Paris prosecutors charged and remanded an 18-year-old, suspected in the theft of DGFiP data tied to the ZeroBytes group. A charging is not a conviction. A leak of tax files is not “just crypto”.

Antoine M. · 4 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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Ethereum

A few minutes down on Robinhood Chain

On 4 September Robinhood Chain’s explorer stopped showing new blocks. L2BEAT logged 6 min 12 s without data to Ethereum. The sequencer is a single point. A few minutes is not a death. It is a design.

Antoine M. · 4 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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AI

Cybercab: Tesla wires Starlink V5 into the robotaxi

Tesla promises a 22-inch cabin screen in the Cybercab, and soon factory Starlink V5. Starlink confirms: fleet and passenger, including off the 5G map. A press note is not a robotaxi in Paris.

Antoine M. · 4 Sept 2026 · 7 min

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AI

Grok: SpaceXAI blames Memphis, 3 h 37 of downtime

The official account tied Grok’s 3 September incident to the Memphis compute site and apologised to compute partners. What we hold is a duration and a place. Not a saboteur.

Antoine M. · 3 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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Stablecoins

Ethena Pay: the USDe app is live, not in France

Ethena launched an iOS app to hold and spend USDe in 48 countries. The EU, the UK, Switzerland, Canada and the United States stay off the list. A neobank pitch is not a passport.

Magali B. · 3 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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News

Paris space summit: 4 US absences, a silence in Washington

SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke Space, Starcloud: Paris confirms the pull-outs. Politico describes a White House call. What we hold, what we do not.

Antoine M. · 3 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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Points sur les perps : le farm a changé de régime

Volume, intérêt ouvert, dilution : les saisons de points des DEX perpétuels ne promettent rien. Elles mesurent une activité. C’est déjà beaucoup : et ce n’est pas un airdrop annoncé.

Antoine M. · 1 Sept 2026 · 6 min

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DeFiFR

Hyperliquid : ce qu’il reste à distribuer n’est pas une saison 2

Une part importante de $HYPE est encore devant. Staking, usage, social : ce sont des hypothèses de design, pas un calendrier d’airdrop.

Magali B. · 30 Aug 2026 · 5 min

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Aligned Layer : un claim, peu de liquidité, beaucoup de vesting

$ALIGN s’ouvre aux power users L2 des années 2022-2024. Le claim n’est pas le marché. Vesting, chaîne, carnet d’ordres : le détail qui reste après le screenshot.

Magali B. · 21 Aug 2026 · 5 min

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