Strategy has filed to offer 3.5 million shares of euro-denominated perpetual preferred stock (STRE) to raise capital for bitcoin acquisitions and corporate operations. The company announced Monday it purchased 397 BTC for approximately $45.6 million, bringing total holdings to 641,205 BTC, according to a company statement.

Bitcoin long-term holders have sold approximately 400,000 BTC over the past 30 days, according to onchain data. The Long-Term Holder Net Position Change metric has turned increasingly negative, signaling accelerated distribution. Technical indicators have shifted from buy to neutral for the weekly outlook, with long-term moving averages now showing sell signals.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman said bipartisan negotiations on the CLARITY Act have resumed, with a committee markup potentially occurring before Thanksgiving. Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott's office confirmed talks restarted after crypto industry leaders mediated following an earlier stalemate over controversial DeFi provisions, according to Boozman and spokesman Jeft Naft.

Bitcoin's blockchain activity has declined sharply in 2025, with daily transaction fees dropping from approximately 4.7 BTC in January to just over 2 BTC in May—a 56% decrease. Average block size has contracted by around 10% since the first quarter, settling near 1.53 MB. Despite reduced network congestion, Bitcoin maintains price levels above $110,000, though miners now depend more heavily on block subsidies as fee income diminishes.

Cipher Mining has signed a 15-year, $5.5 billion hosting agreement with Amazon Web Services to provide 300 megawatts of computing capacity for AI workloads starting in 2026. The deal marks the former Bitcoin mining company's shift to large-scale data center infrastructure. Cipher will deploy liquid-cooled and air-cooled systems in two phases, with the first phase scheduled for August 2026.

A trader managing a $10 billion portfolio has opened $37 million in Bitcoin longs and $18 million in Ethereum longs on Hyperliquid as both assets declined. The whale previously grew an initial $850 million investment to $10 billion. The trader correctly predicted three major market moves in 2025, including October's downturn that generated $200 million in profits.

Small Bitcoin holders have sharply reduced exchange activity, with daily deposits from wallets holding less than 0.1 BTC falling from approximately 552 BTC in early 2023 to 92 BTC currently, according to CryptoQuant data. The shift follows the January 2024 launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs, which provided regulated exposure channels that reduced direct exchange interaction. ETF flows and corporate treasury purchases have become the primary drivers of network demand, replacing traditional retail trading activity.

Bitcoin closed October 2025 down nearly 4%, marking its weakest October performance since 2014. Analyst TradingShot identifies a fractal pattern suggesting a potential 32% correction toward $87,000, citing rejections at key technical levels and similarities to early 2025 price action.