Bitcoin Uptober Failed as Oil, Bonds and AI Broke Pattern: What Changed?

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By Dextape Desk · November 2, 2026

Bitcoin lost roughly 7% in October, snapping its usual run of seasonal gains as the artificial intelligence trade weakened. BlackRock senior portfolio manager Jeffrey Rosenberg, speaking to CNBC, ties the shift to AI stocks, with the Magnificent Seven retreating through October. He says investors now see AI weakness as a signal of slowing US expansion, pushing Treasury yields down while oil futures rose, breaking an 80% link seen earlier this year. Bitcoin also fell about 4% late Thursday, ahead of a Nasdaq selloff and alongside a reported Binance hack. Microsoft re-entered the public debt market after almost a decade away. Rosenberg believes the bond market has room for about $4 trillion of expected AI borrowing over four years.

Why it matters: It shows crypto prices are moving with broader macro forces, such as AI stock swings, oil prices and bond yields.

Mentioned: Bitcoin, Binance, BlackRock, Nasdaq

Summary by Dextape, based on reporting by BeInCrypto. Written with AI from the publisher’s text and checked automatically for copied wording and unsupported figures. Not investment advice.