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On the decentralized options platform Derive, a wallet purchased 800 Bitcoin call options with a strike price of $90,000 expiring on November 6, on October 20, with a nominal value of approximately $68 million, and netted about $940,000 by selling call options expiring in March and October 2027.Derive stated that this is the platform's largest open position in Bitcoin; the market's implied probability of Bitcoin breaking $100,000 before Christmas rose from 9.7% to 12%, indicating that some traders are betting on a rise in Bitcoin after the U.S. midterm elections.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, MARA Holdings (@MARA) allegedly sold 1,000 bitcoins 6 hours ago, worth 80.19 million dollars.

The Bitcoin Technology Conference Series bitcoin++ has announced the launch of "Antarctica: Cold Storage Edition," scheduled from January 24 to February 5, 2028, with only 22 spots available. This event combines a technology conference with polar exploration, bringing discussions to a colder place in line with Bitcoin's "cold storage" (the practice of keeping private keys offline). Since its launch in Austin in 2022, bitcoin++ has held about 20 events in cities such as Berlin, Buenos Aires, Taipei, and Seoul, each with a specific theme, with the next event scheduled for November 5 to 6, 2026, in Seoul focusing on privacy.Participants will depart from Ushuaia, Argentina, cross the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula, and return, with a total duration of 13 days and 12 nights. Possible stops include Neko Harbour, Paradise Bay, Port Lockroy, and Lemaire Channel. Activities include kayaking, camping, hiking, snowshoeing, and Zodiac landings, with specific landing points depending on weather, ice conditions, and the expedition team's decisions. The conference will take a non-conference format, allowing participants to propose their own talks, presentations, and discussions, with Starlink available on board and independent rooms for temporary hackathons and workshops.Reservations are currently open, with ticket prices quoted in US dollars: a four-person cabin costs $14,900, and a double cabin costs $16,700, with the option to pay in five equal installments or pay in full at the time of registration; paying in full with Bitcoin offers a 5% discount. The ticket price includes a cold-weather jacket. The final payment must be completed by October 1, 2027, and medical, evacuation, and repatriation insurance must be purchased separately. Sponsors can print their brands on the expedition jackets, with sponsorship amounts ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, each covering approximately 22 jackets. The itinerary covers the Antarctic Peninsula, not the geographic South Pole.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF wallet (bc1qt...vdqg) received 51.57 BTC from Coinbase Prime, worth approximately 4.12 million USD.In the past 3 days, the wallet has accumulated inflows of 80.22 BTC, worth approximately 6.45 million USD.

Blink Wallet, a Bitcoin wallet, announced a monthly idle fee of $1 for custodial accounts that have not logged into the app for 12 consecutive months. This adjustment was initiated at the beginning of September through a change in the terms of service and push notifications were sent to inactive users, with the first deduction completed in mid-October. According to a blog post released by the company, users who log back in within 12 months will have the deducted fees refunded.This fee applies only to custodial accounts and aims to alleviate the burden that inactive accounts place on the startup. The announcement stated that these accounts incur ongoing costs related to ledger and infrastructure maintenance, record verification retention, compliance monitoring and reporting, as well as support for claims, which were previously shared by active users through regular in-app transaction fees. Sources told Bitcoin Magazine that approximately 100,000 accounts met the criteria for inactivity at the time of the first deduction, with a total balance exceeding $800,000. The first deduction collected about $45,000, primarily from accounts that had been idle for over a year with small Bitcoin balances. Blink Wallet originated from the Bitcoin adoption wave in El Salvador, initially named Bitcoin Beach Wallet, and was an early custodial Lightning Network wallet that introduced the Stable Sats feature to hedge value against the US dollar. The wallet was spun off from the founding company Galoy in October 2024, operated by Lukas Duczko and a new board, with Duczko holding a controlling stake, while Galoy continues as a service provider and minority shareholder, also establishing the Bitcoin Beach Fund.In recent years, custodial wallets have faced overall pressure, with Wallet of Satoshi, Alby, and Blue Wallet successively halting custodial wallet services and shifting to self-custody infrastructures like Spark. The EU MiCA regulations regarding licensing and KYC compliance requirements are an important backdrop. Blink launched a self-custody wallet supported by Spark in June 2026, and its user base is still adapting to this transition. On September 19, hackers withdrew 6.61 Bitcoins from custodial wallet users through compromised management tools, and the company's investors subsequently announced that they would fully compensate affected users.

Coinbase Institutional Co-CEO Brett Tejpaul stated in an interview that the "second wave" of institutional funds for Bitcoin has arrived. He revealed that the seven largest banks in the world are currently operating on Coinbase's infrastructure and are experiencing their own "Kodak moment," as these banks begin to move funds from traditional accounts to on-chain settlements.Tejpaul indicated that the core driver of institutional adoption has shifted from Bitcoin ETFs to stablecoin payments. Funds can now be transferred from Citibank accounts to USDC, cross-chain in a second, and then enter corporate accounts on the other side. He disclosed that the scale of stablecoin settlements has reached $400 million per hour, but relative to the overall payment market, it is still just "a speck of dust," with payment service providers adopting it on a large scale ahead of banks. Additionally, Coinbase is connecting U.S. funds to Deribit, which holds 85% of the options market share.When discussing Bitcoin, Tejpaul believes the macro environment is good, but the price performance is disappointing, and institutions currently view it as a tech-related trade. He also mentioned that stablecoins and agency-style commerce have arrived almost simultaneously, and Coinbase is advancing a transformation from "Amazon to AWS" to activate infrastructure across the United States, disclosing that it holds about 90% of the market share in Bitcoin ETF custody.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that ETF analyst Nate Geraci stated that two Bitcoin dividend reinvestment ETFs, FBEQ and FIBT, under Franklin Templeton are expected to launch soon. The effective registration date listed in the SEC filing is October 27, which may not necessarily be the date trading begins.Both funds target approximately 95% exposure to U.S. equities and 5% exposure to Bitcoin, automatically reinvesting U.S. stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure rather than distributing them to investors. FBEQ tracks a U.S. large-cap stock index covering about 500 companies, with an annual management fee of 0.09%; FIBT tracks an innovation-themed index composed of 100 U.S. companies, with an annual management fee of 0.19%.

According to a report by The Block, Galaxy Research stated that the Bitcoin bear market ended in June, and it is currently an attractive time to buy and hold.The report noted that Bitcoin has closed above the 50-week moving average for five consecutive weeks as of October 18, after being below that average for 44 weeks; the monthly moving volume of Bitcoin in long-term holding wallets has decreased from 67,000 BTC in 2024 to 34,000 BTC in 2026. Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn also pointed out that if Bitcoin's weekly close falls below the 50-week moving average of $76,540 and fails to recover within a month, this bullish outlook will be challenged.

Cryptocurrency trader Ansem posted that he is currently bearish on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and large-cap stocks, but he does not believe that ordinary retail speculation will significantly cool down as a result. He expects significant two-way volatility in the market in the fourth quarter, and some on-chain assets are still expected to perform well.Ansem pointed out that this week's Federal Reserve interest rate decision and important earnings reports from several companies will bring significant event risks. AI popular stocks have formed lower highs after peaking and have lost their original trend. However, the current judgment is not bearish on the longer-term market trend; the market may still experience a round of correction before continuing to rise.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on October 26, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by publicly listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) for the week was $510 million, an increase of 42.5% compared to two weeks ago.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) did not purchase Bitcoin last week.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week.In addition, three other companies announced their Bitcoin purchases or holdings last week. Asset management company Strive announced on October 26 that it spent approximately $510 million last week to purchase 6,182 Bitcoins at a price of $82,732, bringing its total holdings to approximately 43,000 Bitcoins; the UK Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company announced on October 23 that it invested $1.65 million to purchase 20 Bitcoins at a price of $82,286, bringing its total holdings to 2,850 Bitcoins; French fabless semiconductor company Sequans Communications announced that as of October 23, it held a total of 1,018 Bitcoins, with specific total purchase amounts and average Bitcoin costs undisclosed.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the publicly listed companies included in the statistics (excluding mining companies) is 1,167,845 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.5% compared to two weeks ago, with a current market value of approximately $93.64 billion, accounting for 5.8% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

Blockstream Chief Marketing Officer Peter Bain stated in a recent interview that Bitcoin has maintained the $81,000 mark amid stock market sell-offs, rising 10-year U.S. Treasury yields, and turmoil in Europe, which he described as "a very, very strong signal." He made this statement during a conversation with Grace Remington and Sean Hagan.Bain emphasized that technological development precedes price and discussed topics such as adoption, stablecoins, and tokenized stocks. He introduced Blockstream's new center established in Lugano and a new consulting department aimed at institutional clients, while explaining why treasury companies are mainly concentrated in the United States and why Switzerland will become the next market—Switzerland's clear regulatory framework and strong banking foundation make it an ideal launch market.Regarding quantum computing, Bain believes that the related threats will take decades to materialize, and that Bitcoin's real weaknesses lie elsewhere. He referenced the PHP vulnerability incident, stating that the industry needs to rethink the way software is released, and introduced Blockstream's research on quantum-resistant signature solutions, how consensus can be reached for quantum upgrades, and the Bitcoin Security Alliance. Additionally, he provided the first update on the Liquid Network event progress: the exchange service has been restored, the network is back online, and users can transfer Bitcoin back to the main chain. Looking ahead to 2027, Bain stated that institutional clients believe Bitcoin "is expected to usher in a major bull market."

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Bitcoin Breakthrough on October 26" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "80,000" experienced severe fluctuations in winning probability, plummeting from 72.5% an hour ago to the current 43% (a fluctuation of 29.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

A researcher successfully cracked the "Steal My Bitcoin" challenge using a PHP vulnerability.The prize for the challenge was 0.02511679 BTC. However, the challenge operators later discovered that the server had saved the wrong wallet key, and ultimately had to manually transfer the prize to the researcher.

Empery Digital (NASDAQ: EMPD) plans to invest $65 million to acquire a 25% stake in a private entity that is acquiring an AI data center property in the Midwest of the United States. The facility currently has approximately 150 MW of power capacity and its own substation, with the potential to expand to about 300 MW in the future.According to information previously disclosed by the company, the project is expected to adopt a 15-year triple net lease (NNN) model, with a potential total lease payment of approximately $1 billion. Based on prior plans, the lease income corresponding to the 25% stake held by Empery is expected to exceed $440 million during the lease term, with payments expected to begin in early 2027. However, the relevant lease arrangements are still subject to the final signed formal agreement.This investment reflects that Empery is expanding its business layout from Bitcoin treasury to the AI infrastructure sector. The company previously stated that its financial commitment to the project is limited to $65 million, and potential tenants will bear the costs of data center renovation, electricity, and operational expenses.

According to Watcher.Guru, asset management giant Vanguard disclosed the purchase of $7.5 million worth of shares in the Japanese Bitcoin treasury listed company Metaplanet (3350.T), indirectly positioning itself in Bitcoin through this investment.

According to data from the Strategy official website, Strategy did not purchase Bitcoin last week, and the Bitcoin holdings remain at 848,517 coins.During the same period, the circulating face value of its STRC preferred stock decreased from approximately $8.598 billion to approximately $8.391 billion, a reduction of about $207 million; the annualized total preferred stock dividend decreased from approximately $1.534 billion to approximately $1.509 billion.

According to CoinDesk, a snapshot from Galaxy Research in October shows that out of approximately 21 million mined Bitcoins, about 11.1 million (approximately 55%) are held in addresses that cannot be linked to exchanges, funds, governments, or other known entities. Alex Thorn, the head of research at Galaxy, stated that this indicates that despite the increasing institutionalization, a significant amount of Bitcoin may still be self-custodied by individuals. Xapo Bank believes this reflects the fact that retail investors have been in the market for over a decade.However, this portion of unallocated Bitcoin does not all belong to individuals who have been self-custodying for the long term; it may also include coins that are inaccessible due to lost private keys or the death of the holder, holdings from institutions or over-the-counter traders that Galaxy has not yet identified, as well as custodial assets spread across multiple addresses. The remaining 45% has been allocated, including ETFs from issuers like exchanges and BlackRock, as well as the U.S. government; among them, the single largest holder is "Satoshi Nakamoto (Patoshi model)," holding 1,123,658 BTC.

According to Bitcoin.com, Yuridia Trujillo, a tax preparer from Meriden, Connecticut, is accused of fabricating stock and cryptocurrency trading losses in tax returns prepared for clients through her company, Yuri's LLC, for the tax years 2017 to 2024, for assets that the clients never actually held. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stated that she is also suspected of using Form 8888 to divert part of the clients' tax refunds into bank accounts belonging to herself and an associated individual.A federal grand jury indicted her on October 7, and she was arrested on October 9. She is currently out on bail of $50,000 and faces 19 counts of aiding in the preparation of false income tax returns, with each conviction carrying a maximum sentence of three years in prison. The case remains an accusation, and she is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Previously, Texas Bitcoin investor Frank Richard Ahlgren III was sentenced to two years in prison in December 2024 for inflating the cost of Bitcoin purchases and was ordered to pay approximately $1.095 million in restitution.