Bitcoin rebounded about $10,000 from its recent $60,000 low and is now trading near a crucial resistance zone around $80,000–$83,000. Liquidation data suggests that a move above $80,500 could trigger roughly $5.7 billion in short liquidations, while on-chain whale accumulation and a major negative mining difficulty adjustment add to the mixed outlook. Failure to clear this resistance could expose a downside move back toward the $49,000–$53,000 support region.

On Jan. 30, 2026, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $509.7 million in net outflows, even as several individual funds still showed small inflows. In the days that followed, flows swung sharply between a $561.8 million net inflow on Feb. 2 and outflows of -$272.0 million and -$544.9 million on Feb. 3 and Feb. 4. The pattern illustrates how one or two large redemptions can dominate headline totals while smaller, persistent demand remains, and why traders should focus on dispersion across tickers rather than treating the aggregate number as a simple sentiment gauge.

On 8 February 2026 at 21:05, reports on social platforms said a long-dormant address tied by some trackers to early Bitcoin mining transferred 2,565 BTC after roughly 15 years of inactivity. On-chain data shows the large move and revived speculation about Satoshi Nakamoto, but there is no verified link to Satoshi or evidence of exchange deposits.

Bitcoin's weekend slide toward $60,000 left a large CME futures gap near $84,105 unfilled, highlighting that such gaps do not always close. The move between Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 showed how calendar-based dislocations between CME's paused futures and continuously traded spot markets can persist when volatility, liquidations, and broader stress dominate price action.

Analysts are watching Bitcoin's $60,000 zone after a sharp bounce, as a public claim that the U.S. government is buying at that level fuels debate. Rate‑cut odds for the 18 March FOMC rose to 23.2% from 18% over the weekend, while RSI divergence and a Mayer Multiple of 0.6 point to mixed risk signals.

On 8 February 2026, Michael Saylor shared the phrase "Orange Dots Matter", a message interpreted as reinforcing Strategy's long-term Bitcoin accumulation approach. Strategy currently holds 713,502 BTC, and with Bitcoin trading around $71,100–$71,206, the firm's position exceeds $50 billion while the dashboard highlights total BTC holdings and spot price rather than short-term performance. Bitcoin's price action, including a small daily pullback, a roughly 2.5% gain over 24 hours, and an almost 8% weekly decline, is framed against Saylor's emphasis on steady accumulation over market volatility.

Bitcoin mining difficulty fell 11.16% to 125.86 T at block height 935,429 after a January US winter storm disrupted power across 34 states. Foundry USA’s hashrate briefly dropped from nearly 400 EH/s to around 198 EH/s before rebounding to 354 EH/s, and the next adjustment on February 20 could lift difficulty about 5.63% to 132.96 T.

According to CoinGlass data, Bitcoin saw a sharp liquidation spike as $59.11 million in short positions were wiped out within four hours, versus just $828,780 in longs, creating a 7,132% imbalance. Over the past 24 hours, shorts made up $102.44 million of $120.19 million in total liquidations, highlighting heavy bearish mispositioning, but analysts caution that a lasting trend change still depends on genuine spot demand after the squeeze.