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Yorkville Ives analysts pointed out that Microsoft's financial report shows its cloud computing capacity is sufficient to meet the enormous market demand. Microsoft Azure's revenue exceeded Wall Street expectations, becoming a key factor in stock performance.Before the financial report, the market had already seen AI-driven demand, but there were doubts about the speed of capacity release. Microsoft's promised future expenditure scale is $677 billion, with confirmed revenue expected to increase in the next 12 months. On Thursday before the market opened, Microsoft's stock price rose 2.7% against the trend.

According to the "2026 Crypto Geography Report" released by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, Sub-Saharan Africa, although the smallest crypto market in the world, became the fastest-growing region globally with an annualized growth rate of 13.4% from July 2025 to June 2026, reaching a total scale of 101 billion dollars. South Africa and Nigeria together account for over three-quarters of the trading share in the region.Among them, South Africa's crypto economy surged 52% year-on-year to 39.3 billion dollars, with strong growth in commercial payment scenarios and cross-border stablecoin flows, becoming a regional crypto hub connecting neighboring countries. Nigeria's crypto scale reached 38.1 billion dollars, ranking third in global grassroots adoption rates, with local trading platforms absorbing half of the inflow funds from the country's centralized exchanges amid changes in the regulatory environment, and Bitcoin accounting for as much as 92% of small P2P transfers.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr.'s latest report indicates that the rolling distribution volume of Bitcoin long-term holders (LTH) has decreased by 22% in the past week, showing that the potential selling pressure from long-term holders has eased.However, despite Bitcoin's price remaining above the average cost basis of long-term holders, their unrealized profit margin continues to narrow. Adler points out that the distribution activity of long-term holders has weakened, but the shrinking profit buffer is still worth noting.

CryptoQuant analyst CoinNiel stated that as of October 27 (UTC), Bitcoin exchange outflows indicate an improvement in supply conditions, but the evidence still supports a neutral stance. The exchange shifted from a net inflow of 7,278 BTC on October 26 to a net outflow of 12,702 BTC on October 27, with net outflows of 4,633 BTC and 4,048 BTC over the past 7 days and 30 days, respectively, although there were inflows recorded on 4 days in the past week.The funding rate is +0.00762%, higher than the 7-day and 30-day averages, indicating a bullish tendency but not overheated; the open interest is $25.67 billion, up 0.56% over 7 days and 0.33% over 30 days. The LTH-SOPR decreased from 1.1657 to 1.0124, close to the breakeven point, but it cannot confirm a decrease in selling volume. CoinNiel stated that he maintains a neutral judgment until a sustained trend of net outflows from exchanges is formed; if net outflows continue and the funding rate and open interest remain stable, it will strengthen a bullish judgment. If net inflows reoccur and both increase significantly, a reassessment will be necessary. Recent net outflows have largely been driven by single-day movements, the funding rate remains positive, and open interest is growing moderately.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost pointed out that short-term holders of Bitcoin (STH) have been in a profitable state on average for nearly two months, with an estimated cost basis of $76,500 and a current average profit margin of about 5.5%. Compared to less than a month ago when unrealized profits averaged as high as 20%, this level has significantly narrowed.The last time short-term holders had such high profits was shortly before the peak in October 2025, so the subsequent market consolidation is not surprising. Darkfost believes that short-term holder profits are still present, and the cost basis of $76,500 remains a noteworthy support level, with short-term holders likely to intervene here to defend the average entry price.

According to Jinshi citing CNBC analysis, the market generally expects the Federal Reserve to maintain interest rates at this meeting, but further deterioration of inflation may force it to tighten more in the coming months.TD Securities stated that if subsequent inflation data is significantly high, or if the labor market remains strong, the market may raise expectations for the Federal Reserve to implement a one-time rate hike of 50 basis points at future meetings.

According to Bloomberg, after a summer rebound, Bitcoin's upward momentum is gradually fading, currently retreating to around $80,000, with investors facing ongoing selling pressure as they attempt to breach the $100,000 mark. The cost basis for investors who bought Bitcoin in the past two years is concentrated at $87,000 and above, and the selling pressure around this price level has suppressed Bitcoin's rebound twice this year, followed by at least a 25% retracement in price.Additionally, the average cost basis for Bitcoin ETF holders is about $81,500. If the price continues to close below this level, it may indicate that the average ETF holder has turned to a floating loss, weakening recent on-chain support. Furthermore, macroeconomic factors are also putting pressure on Bitcoin. AI concept stocks have performed poorly this month, and analysts believe that Bitcoin remains highly correlated with tech stocks. Concerns over AI valuations and debt risks are weighing on Bitcoin, and the market has yet to confirm the start of a new bull market; future trends will still depend on the macro environment and sustained buying performance.

According to The Block, as the U.S. midterm elections approach, the digital asset industry may face changes in the congressional political landscape. Over the past two years, the Republican-led Congress passed the stablecoin bill GENIUS Act and advanced the broader Clarity Act; the latter passed the House in 2025 but stalled in the Senate due to controversies over stablecoin rewards and ethical issues raised by former President Trump's crypto wealth. Prediction market Kalshi shows that the probability of the Democrats winning the Senate and the House is 64% and 90%, respectively.The chair of congressional committees holds the power to set the agenda. If the Democrats regain the Senate, Elizabeth Warren will become the chair of the Senate Banking Committee. Ron Hammond, head of policy and advocacy at Wintermute, expects that she will actively use subpoena power and may focus on scrutinizing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's approvals of new bank charters for Ripple, Coinbase, and World Liberty Financial, which is supported by the Trump family.The election situation in Ohio is also under scrutiny, with former Senate Banking Committee chair Sherrod Brown facing pro-crypto Republican Jon Husted. Fairshake PAC has pledged $30 million to support Husted. Hammond stated that if Brown wins, he may become the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which could potentially shelve related crypto legislation. In the House Financial Services Committee, regardless of whether Maxine Waters, Sean Casten, or Bill Foster leads, the Clarity Act is unlikely to advance. Lindsay Fraser, chief policy officer of the Blockchain Association, stated that while congressional control may change, the demand for clear crypto regulations will not.

The data analysis platform Hex completed a $100 million financing round at a valuation of $1.2 billion, led by Peak XV and 137 Ventures, with participation from Amplify, Avra, a16z, Redpoint, Sequoia, and Zero Prime.

Multiple institutions have analyzed that the investment boom in artificial intelligence is increasing the difficulty for the Federal Reserve to control inflation. PIMCO believes that AI investments are less sensitive to interest rate changes, while the San Francisco Fed stated that the construction of AI infrastructure is driving up demand for technology equipment.Goldman Sachs Asset Management expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates once more this year, and Morgan Stanley pointed out that financing costs have become a new obstacle for AI investments. BlackRock and Citigroup Wealth Management emphasize that AI investments are expanding into the real economy, but risks of inflation and high interest rates still exist.

According to Business Insider, AI computing infrastructure startup Hyperbolic has completed a $30 million A-1 round of financing, led by Walden Catalyst, co-founded by Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and former Samsung President Young Sohn, with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst, and others.

According to Bloomberg, after a summer rebound, Bitcoin's upward momentum is gradually fading, currently falling back to around $80,000, with investors facing ongoing selling pressure in the process of trying to break through the $100,000 mark.Investors who bought Bitcoin in the past two years have an average cost price concentrated at $87,000 and above. The selling pressure near this price level has suppressed Bitcoin's rebound twice this year, after which the price has experienced at least a 25% pullback.

CryptoQuant analyst BaykusCharts stated that Binance's Ethereum open interest is currently about 5.8 billion USD, which is about half of last summer's peak of over 12 billion USD. On the surface, this looks like large-scale deleveraging, but open interest is denominated in USD, and the ETH price has also dropped by about half during the same period. When converted to ETH, the current open interest is about 2.5 million ETH, close to the peak of about 2.5 million ETH. Therefore, the decline is primarily driven by price rather than traders closing their positions.In terms of funding rates, the significant positive premiums seen in early 2021 and early 2024 have disappeared. After experiencing several periods of negative funding rates this year, it is currently just slightly above zero, with both long and short positions not overly crowded, and longs are not paying significant premiums. Analysis suggests that there is still a large amount of leveraged ETH exposure in the market, but there is a lack of strong directional confidence. This limits the risk of a one-sided liquidation chain reaction, but it also means that any decisive breakthrough in either direction could accelerate quickly. The key signals are: a price increase and a sharp rise in funding rates indicate long crowding; a price decrease and an increase in open interest indicate a growth in short positions.

Chainalysis released a report on cryptocurrency adoption in the Middle East and North Africa, showing that from July 2025 to June 2026, the scale of cryptocurrency activity in the UAE grew by 32% year-on-year to $10.48 billion, ranking second in the region, only behind Turkey's $14.45 billion.This scale measures the asset value flowing into cryptocurrency service providers and peer-to-peer channels, rather than the market value of asset holdings. During the same period, the overall scale in the Middle East and North Africa decreased by 1.4% to $44.33 billion; excluding the UAE, the decline in other markets was 8.6%. The inflow of funds into centralized exchanges in the UAE increased by 22% to $5.5 billion, while inflows into institutional platforms such as custodians and market makers grew by 75% to $1.17 billion.

According to Sifted, the valuation of the London-based AI startup 22one has reached approximately 400 million USD, supported by venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital and General Catalyst.The company was founded by a former senior police officer and primarily develops AI tools for police departments. Reports indicate that the UK government is promoting the modernization of policing, providing a policy background for the application of such technologies.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that the BTC transferred to exchanges by short-term Bitcoin holders is primarily at a loss, with the 24-hour net inflow metric dropping to -18,600 BTC, compared to a positive 10,400 BTC a week ago.This metric fell to -23,100 BTC on October 26, then narrowed somewhat, but remains in negative territory.

User Momilio posted: On-chain options are currently the biggest blank space and opportunity in the cryptocurrency field. This content is excerpted from its upcoming on-chain options research report, currently just a summary of one chapter. Momilio stated: Mature financial markets will eventually expand to options, and cryptocurrency has reached a turning point; constraints are no longer regulatory or infrastructural, market-making liquidity has improved, and pricing systems can now support larger-scale transactions. It also noted: The trading volume of on-chain options is still only 6.9% of Deribit's options trading volume, and to reach critical scale, a large influx of retail order flow is necessary.Momilio stated: The annual trading contracts for U.S. options increased from 4.19 billion in 2017 to 15.2 billion in 2025, a growth of 263%, primarily due to retail investors. After Robinhood launched commission-free options in December 2017, the proportion of S&P 500 options on the same day rose from 5% to over 60% within ten years. By 2023, the proportion of contracts expiring within a week rose to 68%, with same-day options accounting for 43%; SSRN research shows that over 75% of retail-related trades are contracts expiring on the same day.In India, the premium for stock options is expected to reach 190.65 trillion rupees by the fiscal year 2026, which is 45.8 times that of the fiscal year 2016, with over 90% of retail derivatives traders only engaging in options. By the end of 2024, the Securities and Exchange Board of India will raise the minimum contract size from 500,000 rupees to 1.5 million rupees and restrict weekly expirations to only one benchmark index, with premiums still increasing by 7% in the fiscal year 2026. In the first half of 2026, the trading volume of options contracts on Indian exchanges reached 39.3 billion, which is 4.5 times that of the U.S. at 8.7 billion, while U.S. premiums of $6.3 trillion are nearly 5 times India's $1.3 trillion.

CryptoQuant certified analyst Trader_Gemini stated that the Trader On-chain Realized Price has risen again, currently becoming an important reference indicator for observing the subsequent trend of BTC. This indicator reflects the average acquisition price of BTC that last transferred in the past 1 to 3 months and can be used to measure the average holding cost of recent market participants. Currently, the trading price of BTC is in the low range of $80,000, while the realized price for traders has risen to the mid-range of $70,000, indicating that the current price of BTC is still above the recent average cost for traders.From the current structure, recent market participants are generally still in a state of unrealized profit, and the short to medium-term cost structure remains relatively positive. Historically, when the market is in an upward phase, the realized price for traders often provides support when BTC retraces close to that level. If the price can hold above this cost line, it indicates that the holding cost for recent participants may still provide support for the market; conversely, if BTC falls below this level, some traders in an unrealized loss state may sell when the price rebounds close to their cost, turning that position from support to resistance.In addition, Trader_Gemini also reminded to pay attention to the Upper Band of the indicator. Historically, when BTC prices approach the upper band, it is often accompanied by increased profit-taking pressure, which may lead to a short-term pullback. Therefore, if BTC continues to rise, the market reaction near the upper band is worth close observation; if BTC experiences a pullback, attention should be paid to whether the realized price for traders can provide effective support. Trader_Gemini emphasized that the upper band does not necessarily mean the market will peak, and the realized price for traders does not guarantee that BTC will rebound; neither should be viewed as automatic triggers for trading but rather as reference indicators for judging at what price recent market participants may change their behavior. Currently, BTC is still operating above the realized price for traders, and the overall cost structure remains positive; if a deeper adjustment occurs later, whether this indicator can continue to provide support will become an important observation point.

According to data from the Gate platform, on October 26, the medical AI sector in the South Korean stock market experienced explosive growth, with several concept stocks leading the gains and becoming the focus of market attention. According to the latest market data from Gate, Lunit (328130) strongly hit the daily limit, rising 30.00% in 24 hours; VUNO (338220) surged 24.36%; Neurofit (380550) increased by 19.85%. The acceleration of the commercialization of medical AI and the replenishment of funds have renewed market expectations for the application of AI in the field of medical diagnosis.