Bitcoin

• $61 million bitcoin whale liquidated on HTX as sentiment back at ’extreme fear’ The position was the largest single forced closure in 24 hours as bitcoin shed weekend gains and t

• Bitcoin dropped from $68,600 to $64,300, erasing weekend gains. • $468M in crypto futures liquidated, mostly long positions. • Largest single forced closure: $61.5M BTC-USDT on H

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• Bitcoin ETFs have lost $3.8B over five consecutive weeks, longest streak since Feb 2025. • BlackRock’s IBIT accounts for $2.13B of redemptions, leading the outflow trend. • Insti

• Top Stories of The Week Metaplanet CEO rejects claims it hid details of BTC trades Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich pushed back against accusations that the company misled investors

• HB 2080 seeks to create a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Fund and let the state treasurer receive, invest and hold bitcoin.

• Missouri lawmakers advance new Bitcoin strategic reserve bill A similar bill proposing a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve was introduced in February last year, but failed to advance pas

• Michael Saylor hints at Strategy’s 100th Bitcoin buy Bitcoin-treasury firm Strategy has accumulated 717,131 Bitcoin since August 2020, and has made 99 Bitcoin purchases to date.

• Nearly $360 million in crypto long positions were liquidated in an hour, according to Coinglass’ heatmap based on available data.

• Bitcoin back to record fear levels as it wipes weekend gains Bitcoin plunged over $3,000 in two hours, while the Crypto Fear and Greed Index has slumped to historic lows again. •

• Bitcoin slides 5%, tumbling below $65,000 as whale selling grows and recent buyers lock in losses On-chain data from Glassnode and CryptoQuant shows large holders dominating exch

• The liquidation makes Bitdeer the largest publicly traded bitcoin miner by self-mining hashrate to hold no BTC on its balance sheet.

• Bitcoin price may rebound to $85K as CME ‘smart money’ slashes shorts Futures traders slashed bearish Bitcoin bets last month, a shift that preceded a 70% rally in 2025 and a 190

• To freeze or not to freeze: Satoshi and the $440 billion in bitcoin threatened by quantum computing As quantum computing inches closer to reality, nearly 7 million bitcoin, inclu

• Bitcoin see-saws around $68,000, DOGE, ETH slide as tariff uncertainty weighs on risk assets President Donald Trump raised the global tariff rate to 15% despite a Supreme Court r

• Bitcoin historical price metric sees $122K ‘average return’ over 10 months Bitcoin past performance gave 88% odds of higher prices by early 2027, the latest in a series of new bu

• AI agent OpenClaw confirms ban on Bitcoin, crypto discussions in Discord OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger confirmed that users can be removed for mentioning Bitcoin and crypto

• Bitcoin miner Bitdeer dumps entire BTC reserves, holdings drop to zero Bitcoin miner Bitdeer liquidated 943 BTC from reserves and sold newly mined coins, cutting corporate holdin

• Mentioning ‘bitcoin’ or crypto on AI agent OpenClaw’s Discord will get you banned The project’s creator nearly deleted the viral AI agent after crypto scammers hijacked his accou

• 50% of Bitcoin’s past 24 months ended in gains: Economist Economist Timothy Peterson expects Bitcoin to trade above its current level by December, though some analysts are pushin

• CryptoQuant said the exchange whale ratio has risen to 0.64, the highest level since 2015, suggesting whales are leading selling activity.

• ‘Bitcoin to zero’ searches spike in the U.S., but the bottom signal is mixed Google Trends data shows the term hit a record high in the U.S. • this month, though global interest

• U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $316M net outflows in Presidents’ Day week. • First time five consecutive weeks of outflows since March 2025. • Even with a holiday-shortened week, inv

• Bitcoin price slips after Trump hikes worldwide tariff to 15% from 10% despite Supreme Court decision U.S. • President Donald Trump announced a 15% worldwide tariff on imported g

• Spot Bitcoin ETFs record five weeks of net withdrawals, totaling $3.8B US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged five straight weeks of outflows, with $315.9 million leaving last week as insti

• Santiment notes decline in $150k-$200k Bitcoin price calls, signaling healthy sentiment shift. • FOMO and ‘Lambo’ memes decreasing, indicating retail optimism fading. • Bitcoin p

• Small investors are buying bitcoin. • For a rally to succeed, the whales need to join in. • Small wallets have increased their BTC holdings by 2.5% since October’s all-time high

• Bitcoin’s bull catalyst could be AI stocks becoming ‘silly big’: Lyn Alden Bitcoin only needs a ‘marginal amount of new demand’ to push higher, according to macroeconomist Lyn Al

• Bitcoin’s bull catalyst could be AI stocks turning ‘silly big’: Lyn Alden Bitcoin only needs a ‘marginal amount of new demand’ to push higher, according to macroeconomist Lyn Ald

• Bitcoin shrugs off Trump’s new tariffs, nears $68,000 as altcoins lead modest bounce Crypto prices edged higher on Friday despite a splash of tariff turbulence after the U.S. • S

• Bitcoin whales participate in V-shaped accumulation, offsetting 230K BTC sell-off Despite the sharp multi-month market downtrend, Bitcoin whales added 236,000 BTC since December

• Bitcoin bears at risk of $600M liquidation, raising chance for rally to $70K Despite bearish pressure and weak US economic data, Bitcoin’s recovering hashrate and new onchain sec

• Bitcoin mining difficulty rebounds 15% as US miners recover from winter outages Bitcoin’s mining difficulty climbed to 144.4 trillion after January storms briefly slashed hash ra

• Bitcoin ignores US Supreme Court Trump tariff strike amid talk of $150B refund Bitcoin stayed rangebound within a ‘downward trajectory’ as the Supreme Court concluded that some U

• Bitcoin pops then drops as Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs As has been typical in crypto markets of late, even the most modest move higher was met with immediate selling

• Bitcoin’s weekend selloff may be over with CME’s 24/7 crypto trading move The derivatives exchange giant’s switch to around-the-clock crypto trading will have a visible impact on

• Bitcoin ETFs shed $166M as BTC heads for worst start in years Spot Bitcoin ETFs are approaching a five-week outflow streak, with $2.7 billion in net redemptions year-to-date, as

• Bitcoin gains, is still ‘signficantly undervalued,’ Bitwise says. • ‘Extreme fear’ dominates. • Your day-ahead look for Feb. • 20, 2026 What to know: You are viewing Crypto Daybo

• Analysts warned that weak ETF flows, constrained liquidity, and fragile accumulation are keeping bitcoin’s price rangebound and indecisive.

• Panic premium lingers in options even as bitcoin recovers from lows Bitcoin rebounded above $68,000 as ETF outflows hit $6.8 billion and funding flips positive. • A break above $

• Bitcoin mining difficulty jumped 14.7% to 144.4T in a record absolute increase as hashrate rebounded after U.S. • winter storm curtailments.

• Metaplanet CEO rejects claims it hid details of Bitcoin trades Metaplanet’s Simon Gerovich addressed critics who accused the company of hiding losses and key details of its Bitco

• South Korean authorities under fire over $43B Bithumb Bitcoin error Lawmakers criticize South Korea’s Financial Services Commission after Bithumb mistakenly credited 620,000 BTC

• Bitcoin difficulty jumps 15% largest increase since 2021, despite price slump Bitcoin difficulty rebounds to 144.4T as hashrate recovers to 1 ZH/s despite multi year low hashpric

• Bitcoin nears $68,000, gold jumps as U.S.-Iran tensions return Geopolitical tensions and a cautious tone in U.S. • stocks are keeping risk appetite in check, and some strategists

• Bitcoin nears $68,000, gold jumps as US-Iran tensions return Geopolitical tensions and a cautious tone in U.S. • stocks are keeping risk appetite in check, and some strategists w

• Bitcoin logs worst first 50-day start to a year on record Bitcoin is on course for its first ever back to back declines in January and February. • What to know: Bitcoin is down 2

• Metaplanet CEO rebuts critics over bitcoin strategy and transparency Simon Gerovich defends disclosure standards, options trading model, and hotel operations. • What to know: Sim

• Bitcoin selloff due to quantum fears doesn’t add up with Ether flat, says dev Bitcoin developer Matt Carallo says Bitcoiners are looking to ‘blame something’ for the asset’s slug

• Bitcoin options market structure leans toward $60K retest in February Bitcoin may stay capped under $70,000 as traders deploy bearish options strategies, and spot BTC ETF outflow

• Bitcoin Lightning Network exceeds $1B in monthly volume: Report Analysis by Bitcoin services company River forecasts a transaction surge as individuals and businesses experiment

• Bitcoin’s monthly losses break records, but history says a turnaround is brewing Bitcoin is on course to lock in another negative month, but one analyst says major differences in

• Bitcoin steadies near $67,000 as traders pay for crash protection The average bitcoin ETF investor now sits on a 20% paper loss, leaving the market vulnerable to capitulation sel

• Tightening Bitcoin Bollinger Bands forecast explosive price move, but which way? • The Bollinger Bands indicator has narrowed to its tightest level on record, a rare technical se

• Bitcoin ETFs still sit on $53B in net inflows despite recent outflows: Bloomberg Heavy outflows haven’t erased the success of spot Bitcoin ETFs, which still hold $53 billion in c

• ‘Resilient’ Bitcoin holders defend BTC, but bear floor sits 20% lower: Glassnode Bitcoin trades in a tight demand zone that formed in 2024, but previous bear market data suggests

• Eric Trump reitrates claim bitcoin is just getting started on its road to $1 million U.S. • President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump acknowledged bitcoin’s volatility but said its

• The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

• Bitcoin faces potential drop below $50k, with four key support levels identified. • Realized price levels act as long-term floor, guiding bullish strategy. • Binance traders’ agg

• Bitcoin miners chase 30 GW AI capacity to offset hashprice pressure Public Bitcoin miners are developing 30 gigawatts of AI-focused power capacity, nearly triple current levels,