Anthony Pompliano said easing inflation is challenging Bitcoin's long-term thesis centered on finite supply and monetary expansion. The Consumer Price Index slowed to 2.4% in January from 2.7%, and Bitcoin traded near $68,850, down about 28% over the past month amid an "Extreme Fear" sentiment reading of 9.

On 14 February 2026, Trump Media & Technology Group's Truth Social Funds was reported to have filed for a Bitcoin/Ether ETF and a Cronos Yield Maximizer ETF. Earlier proposals from June and July 2025, including a spot Bitcoin ETF and a Crypto Blue Chip ETF, remain under SEC review after August 2025 delays.

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.