Recent data from Ali Charts reveals a significant decline in whale transactions for Bitcoin ($BTC), the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Over the past two weeks, these transactions have plummeted by 72%, dropping from 5,767 to just 1,637.
This downturn comes amid a fragile market sentiment, as evidenced by the crypto Fear and Greed Index currently sitting at a low of 13, which reflects “extreme fear.”
Bitcoin $BTC whale transactions have dropped 72% in two weeks, falling from 5,767 to 1,637. pic.twitter.com/nqeaEdg79t
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) February 17, 2026
The price of Bitcoin is currently facing downward pressure after experiencing its fourth consecutive weekly loss since the beginning of this year. The cryptocurrency has struggled to maintain momentum following a brief rally over the weekend.
As U.S. markets prepared to open for trading today, Bitcoin’s value decreased further due to declining equity futures as investors adopted a more cautious approach amidst macroeconomic uncertainties.
At present writing time, Bitcoin’s price has dipped by approximately 0.25% within the last day and is valued at $68,125 while both Nasdaq-100 futures and S&P-500 contracts are also on the decline.
The outflow trend continues to be challenging for Bitcoin’s performance. For four consecutive weeks now, U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to Bitcoin have experienced net withdrawals totaling $360 million last week alone.
Arkham reports that these ETFs have seen over $3.4 billion exit during this ongoing four-week stretch of net outflows; should this week conclude negatively for prices as well it would mark their longest streak since March of last year.
Bitcoin Faces Significant Decline From Peak Value
The current valuation of Bitcoin stands at about a staggering decrease of roughly 46.12% compared with its all-time high reached in October when it soared up to $126,198. This drop comes as it struggles against upward movements seen in gold or stock markets recently; during this same timeframe across broader cryptocurrencies nearly $2 trillion has evaporated according CoinGecko data analysis.
This recent downturn was exacerbated following an extensive sell-off on October tenth when billions worth were liquidated across various crypto investments.
The persistent weakness observed with BTC has prompted analysts into questioning whether any sort support level exists beneath current pricing levels—with many identifying around $60k being critical—but if risk appetite deteriorates further that may not hold true either way moving forward ahead!
A forecast issued by Standard Chartered suggests potential recovery scenarios where they predict BTC could rebound back towards reaching around fifty thousand dollars before stabilizing again near one hundred thousand dollars come year’s end—this downshift marks an adjustment from previous expectations estimating upwards towards one hundred fifty thousand instead!