Bitcoin’s pullback has revived debate over downside risk, with estimates placing a 25% chance of a drop below $50,000 from near $63,000. Additional probabilities include 60% for a break under $60,000 and 45% for slipping beneath $55,000, while 40% suggests holding above $60,000 in the near term. At press time, BTC traded at $63,048.

On February 24, 2026, Meteora emerged as the leading candidate on Polymarket to be named in ZachXBT's upcoming insider trading investigation scheduled for February 26. Traders pushed Meteora's implied odds as high as 53%, while MET fell over 15% to around $0.18 amid short positions and growing speculation. The Solana-based DEX currently supports $494M in liquidity and significant USDC trading activity, particularly in TRUMP-related pools.

AMD and Meta unveiled a five-year AI chip partnership valued at up to $60 billion to deploy as much as 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs. AMD shares were up as much as 15% in premarket trading; as of 8:16 AM EST on February 24, the stock traded at $214.35 after a $196.60 close on February 23.

According to Arkham, wallets attributed to Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin declined from about 241,000 ETH in early February to 224,000 ETH by Tuesday, a net outflow of roughly 17,000 ETH. In January, he said he had earmarked 16,384 ETH (about $45 million) to support privacy‑focused projects and related open hardware and verifiable software efforts.

Since February 2, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sold 10,723 ETH worth about $21.7 million while ETH hovers near the $1,825 support area. These sales, including 3,765 ETH offloaded between February 21 and February 24, come amid a 38% monthly price drop and a confirmed bearish chart structure. Analysts note that a decisive move below $1,800 could open a path toward the $1,500 region unless bulls reclaim levels above $2,150.

On February 21, around 31 million XRP moved into Binance, largely from wallets holding 100,000–1,000,000 XRP, while XRP network transactions rose about 40% to roughly 2.5 million. The host also highlighted SEC guidance that lets broker-dealers count stablecoins toward net capital with a 2% haircut, as Bitcoin's technicals keep risk appetite subdued.

On February 24, chart data shared by Bitcoinsensus showed the BTC-to-gold ratio sliding into a long-standing support area. The ratio has revisited levels last seen in March 2023 and sits under 25% above its 2022 bear market lows. Bitcoin traded at $63,020.77, down 5% daily and 7.1% weekly, per CoinGecko.

Bitcoin and the wider crypto market are facing selling pressure as stablecoin supply contracts and investors rotate into precious metals and tokenized commodities. Analysts highlight that shrinking liquidity and renewed US tariff uncertainty are capping digital asset upside until clearer policy and rate-cut signals emerge.