Bitcoin extended its slide to a $60,500 low after failing to hold above $72,000, dropping over 10%. It now trades below $68,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average, with resistance at $66,000 and $67,200. A failure below $62,500 and $61,200 could send price back to $60,500 and the $60,000 support.

On Thursday, BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) set a $10 billion daily trading record as Bitcoin fell 12% in the past 24 hours. The ETF dropped 13%, its second-worst day since launch, and saw $373.4 million in net outflows on Wednesday. Bitcoin traded near $64,000 after an intraday low of $60,300.

On February 6, 2026 (UTC), reports said Bitcoin Core maintainer Gloria Zhao resigned and revoked her cryptographic signing key. The reports added that her departure does not affect Bitcoin’s consensus rules, network security, or transaction processing, and noted she began contributing in 2019–2020 and was not part of the 2015 MIT DCI funding period.

On 6 February 2026, Strategy reported a Q4 2025 net loss of $12.4 billion, largely tied to a $17.4 billion unrealized fair-value charge on bitcoin. The firm held 713,502 BTC at a $54.26 billion cost basis, around $76,052 per BTC, and said shares fell about 17% as bitcoin traded in the $62,000–$65,000 range.

On Feb. 5, 2026, Bitcoin-buying firm Strategy reported a net loss of $12.4 billion for the fourth quarter of 2025 after Bitcoin fell 22% over the period to below $88,500. The company's revenue for the quarter rose 1.9% year-on-year to $123 million, but its share price dropped 17% to $107 as Bitcoin extended its decline and pushed Strategy's 713,502 BTC holdings 17.5% underwater. Executives Phong Le and Andrew Kang said Strategy still has a strong balance sheet, supported by $2.25 billion in cash and no major debt maturities until 2027.

In November 2021, Bitcoin set an all-time high near $69,000. On February 5, 2026, according to CoinMarketCap, BTC slid toward the low $60,000s and erased those gains as more than $1.5 billion in crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours. The decline followed a leverage unwind, shifting focus to spot demand and the $60,000 area.

According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin slipped below $63,000 on Thursday, marking its lowest level since November 2024 after a 30% retreat from a failed $90,500 push on Jan. 28. Deribit pricing shows March 27 $90,000 calls near $522, implying roughly 6% odds of a rebound, while $50,000 puts around $1,380 suggest about a 20% chance of deeper losses.

On February 5, 2026, Wall Street desks pivoted to downside scenarios as Bitcoin fell to $63,500 per TradingView, sliding from $70,000 earlier the same day and nearly 40% below its near‑$126,000 peak. Signals and cycle studies from 22V Research, Tallbacken Capital and Galaxy Digital highlighted potential levels near $60,000, $58,000, $45,000 and $35,200, alongside almost $4 billion in ETF outflows over three months.