Bitcoin climbed roughly 4% over the past 24 hours, with price now nearing resistance at $72,736 while support remains around $67,850. The daily structure stays below short- and medium-term EMAs, and momentum shows RSI rebounding from oversold as MACD stays negative, signaling a tentative relief phase rather than a clear reversal.

US credit card balances rose by $44 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025 to $1.28 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mortgage debt climbed $98 billion to $13.2 trillion over the same period. Goldman Sachs' chief US economist David Mericle says the figures underscore a housing affordability problem.

Crypto analytics firm Santiment says entrenched pessimism and "nostalgia" around meme coins may mark a contrarian bottom. Over the past month, the segment’s market cap fell more than 34% to roughly $31 billion, while Dogecoin dropped about 32%; on February 12, 2026, Santiment also noted a -2.2% weekly market-cap slip and -60.8% volume.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that advancing the CLARITY crypto market structure bill could steady sentiment amid a sharp downturn, and urged action before the 2026 US midterms. Prediction market data show about 47% expect split control of Congress, while roughly 37% view a Democratic sweep as likely.

United States Rep. Byron Donalds reported buying between $1,001 and $15,000 worth of Bitcoin on January 8, 2026, with the trade disclosed on February 12 while the asset was trading below $70,000. The filing also lists partial sales of several traditional stocks in late January, adding to prior criticism over his trading activity in office. A watchdog group had previously alleged he and his spouse failed to timely report over 100 stock transactions worth up to about $1.6 million in 2022 and 2023, keeping his investment history under ongoing review.

In a newly published paper and blog post, Brave security researcher Sofía Celi and colleagues analyze the zkLogin authorization system used in the Sui blockchain ecosystem, warning that its security, privacy, and trust properties rely on assumptions not enforced by the protocol. They describe three main vulnerability classes involving JWT parsing, weak bindings between authentication and authorization, and dependence on centralized identity and proving services. The team says these issues arise from architectural design choices and recommends stricter token validation, stronger issuer and user bindings, and improved consent when forwarding tokens to external services.

On February 14, 2026, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for rapid passage of the CLARITY crypto market structure bill to bolster investor confidence amid sell-offs. He signaled a spring signing target and highlighted the 2026 midterms as a catalyst for urgency, with Polymarket showing split-control odds and U.S. House data reflecting a narrow Republican edge.

An analyst on X expects Cardano to stage a strong rebound if its current accumulation zone holds, with a potential long-term move toward $10 per ADA. The outlook comes after a 93% correction from macro highs and ahead of CME's February 9 launch of Cardano futures, which could expand institutional access to ADA. Cardano was trading around $0.27 with short-term gains while the wider crypto market remained under pressure.