Santiment said on Saturday that retail traders are scanning for signs of 'capitulation' to time entries, implying a bottom may already have formed. Google Trends shows 'crypto capitulation' searches rising from 11 in the week ending Feb. 1 to 58 in the week ending Feb. 8. Bitcoin fell 24.27% over 30 days and was $68,970 at publication.

On February 8, 2026, Elon Musk's net worth was reported at $845 billion, making him the first individual to exceed $800 billion. A $1.25 trillion SpaceX takeover of xAI left him with about 43% of the combined company, a stake valued at more than $530 billion. Tesla shareholders also approved a performance-based pay package that could reach $1 trillion.

Tokenized equities are approaching $1 billion in value, with three venues—Ondo, Backed/Kraken, and Securitize—holding over 93% of market share. In December 2025, the SEC advanced a DTCC tokenization pilot and clarified broker‑dealer custody, while monthly transfers reached $2.4 billion and Ethereum, Solana, and Algorand led chain distribution.

More than 23% of traders now expect the Federal Open Market Committee to cut rates at its March 2026 meeting, up from 18.4% on the previous Friday. Expectations center on a 25-basis-point reduction as markets react to Kevin Warsh's nomination as the next Federal Reserve chair and weigh its impact on liquidity and risk assets.

Form 13F reports for Q4 2025 are expected on February 14, with the SEC deadline rolling to February 17 due to the weekend and Presidents' Day. Crypto participants hope the disclosures might flag large ETF or equity position changes tied to the October 10 sell-off, when over $19 billion in leveraged bets were liquidated within roughly 24 hours.

On February 6, 2026, the United States and India concluded a trade agreement that will gradually cut Indian tariffs on large gasoline-powered American luxury cars from 110% to 30% and remove all import duties on Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In return for lower US tariffs, India pledged to buy $500 billion in American goods, but foreign electric vehicles such as Tesla models remain excluded from the tariff relief unless manufacturers commit to local production. The deal underscores India's preference for supporting domestic EV manufacturing while giving traditional high-end combustion vehicles greater access to its market.

Bitcoin declined 16% over the past week, dropping to $70,008 and briefly touching $60,000 after previously reaching an all‑time high of $126,273 in October. Ether fell 24% to $2,052, and prominent market participants acknowledged there was no single identifiable trigger, pointing instead to shifting risk appetite, policy uncertainty, and profit‑taking.

Under the updated European DAC8 directive (Law Decree 194/2025), cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Italy must report all user transaction movements to the Agenzia delle Entrate, while users are required to declare their holdings and capital gains. From 2026 exchanges will collect data, in 2027 they will transmit it to national tax authorities, and in the following year the first automatic data exchange between countries is scheduled to begin, applying banking-style transparency to crypto accounts.