Overview
- Bitcoin fell to roughly $64,300–$64,700 to start the week, extending a five‑month slide as the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sank to 5 and 24‑hour liquidations reached about $460–$480 million, largely wiping out leveraged longs.
- CryptoQuant’s exchange whale ratio rose to 0.64, the highest since 2015, with larger average deposit sizes signaling that big holders now dominate sell flows even as total exchange inflows cool from early‑February peaks.
- U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $3.8 billion in net outflows over five weeks, and net USDT flows to exchanges compressed to roughly $27 million, pointing to reduced marginal buying power.
- Fresh tariff uncertainty after President Donald Trump raised a proposed global rate to 15% pressured risk assets, with gold and silver gaining as analysts warned that a loss of $65,000 puts a $60,000 retest in focus.
- Glassnode reported realized losses for recent buyers easing to about $480 million per day from $1.24 billion on Feb. 6, and options data showed ATM implied volatility near 48% with elevated put skew indicating continued defensive positioning.