Analysts expect Bitcoin recovery after a short-term downturn and policy shifts.

Bitcoin's price decline has dragged hashprice to an all-time low, setting the stage for the largest negative difficulty adjustment since China's bitcoin mining ban.

Bitcoin slid sharply over the weekend as broader markets turned risk-averse and analysts flagged signs of a late-stage crypto downturn. Prices briefly fell to $

U.S. stock futures fell Sunday, after a weekend slide by bitcoin and Friday’s massive sell-off in precious metals capped a tumultuous first month of 2026.

Why is Bitcoin dropping? The cryptocurrency slipped below $80,000 amid a deep crisis of belief, driven by hawkish Fed signals, geopolitical tensions and deleveraging. Prices fell 40% from 2025 peaks as liquidity thins and demand fades.

This surge in demand for lower-strike puts contrasts with the post-Trump-election pattern of enthusiasm for high-strike calls.

“Our worst-case scenario assumes a decline to the $1.8 trillion to $2 trillion range, with an extension to 161.8% of the initial downward momentum in October-November,” Alex Kuptsikevich, FxPro chief market analyst, said in emailed comments.

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How do you plan to thank Mr. Trump two years from now for this generational Bitcoin price dip when BTC is $400,000 and Ethereum is $25,000 a coin? Crypto Twitter is praying for this in February but analyst Benjamin Cohen says they’re wrong.