Bitcoin traded near $80,000 on Oct 26, 2026, after a weekend selloff to the low $79,000 range.

MicroStrategy reported no Bitcoin purchases or sales during the week of Oct 19‑25, and the firm has paused purchases multiple times in 2025 for preferred‑stock buybacks without providing a timetable for resuming activity. Strategy Inc also made no Bitcoin trades in the same week, leaving its 848,517‑BTC holding unchanged.

Polymarket data shows the market on whether Alibaba will be the second‑best Chinese AI company at the end of October rose from 25% to 44% on Oct 26, a 19‑point jump on $17,660 of volume.

Polymarket data shows a 17‑point fall for the "no next Fable model (5.2+) release by Oct 31" market on Oct 25, and a 19‑point rise for the "Claude down 5‑7 times in October" market the same day. The prior day, Oct 24, saw the "Claude down 5‑7 times" market climb 15 points while the "Claude down fewer than 5 times in October" market dropped 25 points.