On February 9, 2026, a Bitcoin Genesis address associated with Satoshi Nakamoto received 2.565 BTC, valued at more than $150,000. Community members on X offered theories ranging from a symbolic tribute or burn to speculation about Satoshi's possible activity. The address now holds about 57 BTC as past on-chain records show multiple sizeable deposits sent there in recent years.

As of February 9 2026, worldwide Google searches for "crypto" have slipped to 30 out of 100 while total market capitalization has fallen 43% from $4.2 trillion to about $2.4 trillion. Bitcoin has dropped below $64,000, trading volumes are sharply lower and key sentiment gauges indicate extreme fear, though US search interest has partially rebounded since January.

On Friday, February 6, CoinShares said fears about Bitcoin's quantum vulnerability are overstated. The firm's analysis focuses on legacy P2PK exposure, estimating roughly 1.6 million BTC there but only about 10,200 BTC in large accounts that could disrupt markets, while stressing today's quantum machines lack the 13 million physical qubits needed to break keys quickly.

In a February 8 newsletter, Lyn Alden said the Federal Reserve is likely to expand liquidity in a measured way by growing its balance sheet broadly in line with bank assets or nominal GDP. She expects this backdrop to favor scarce, high-quality assets while cautioning against overheated segments, and she does not foresee large-scale stimulus in the near term.

On February 6, 2026, South Korean exchange Bithumb mistakenly credited around 620,000 BTC to users during a promotional event before recovering 99.7% of the excess. The platform used its own funds to cover roughly 1,788 BTC that had already been sold, and introduced compensation including cash payouts, trade refunds with a 10% bonus, and a seven‑day fee waiver. The firm attributed the incident to a technical malfunction rather than hacking and said its total crypto holdings still match or exceed user deposits.

On February 8 2026, market data showed Bitcoin sliding toward $60,000, dragging the Crypto Fear & Greed Index down into an extreme fear zone with readings as low as 7–11 out of 100. Over the past week, Google Trends recorded a jump in "crypto capitulation" searches from 11 to 58, a 427% increase, while on-chain and social metrics from analytics firms pointed to elevated talk of capitulation, liquidations and a possible market bottom.

President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chair has lifted market-implied odds of a March interest rate cut to about 23%, up from roughly 18.4% just days earlier. Traders are largely pricing in a 25-basis-point cut, while Polymarket participants assign a 27% chance of two cuts in 2026 and crypto analysts say Bitcoin's next major rally could emerge even if the asset climbs under persistently high Fed rates.

On February 7, Mempool reported that Bitcoin mining difficulty in China fell 11.16% to 125.86 trillion, marking the largest single-step reduction since the ban five years ago. Analysts cited about a 20% decline in total hashrate over 30 days, price weakness, and weather-driven curtailments. Luxor data showed hashprice slid to $33.31/PH/s/day on February 2.

On February 7, 2026, ENS said ENSv2 will run exclusively on Ethereum and it will halt its Namechain Layer 2. The team cited Layer 1 scaling gains, noting the gas limit rose from 30 million to 60 million in 2025, and pledged features such as single step registration and multi chain stablecoin payments.