Chainlink bulls have recently protected the $8 price area while LINK reserves climbed to 2 million tokens, worth about $17 million. On-chain data show the Holder Accumulation Ratio has risen to 74.8% and long-term cohorts remain reluctant to sell, even as 90-day MVRV hovers around a 24% loss and analysts warn a final capitulation wave from long-term holders may still lie ahead.

Over the last 24 hours, SHIB's spot flows showed a 129% swing toward net outflows as outflows of $6.24 million edged inflows of $6.14 million. Futures open interest climbed nearly 8% to $78.79 million. SHIB traded at $0.000006493, up 4.80% on the day and 0.41% for the week, while an intraday high reached $0.00000662.

Robinhood head of crypto Johann Kerbrat said in an interview that many users view the ongoing market pullback as a chance to "buy the dip" and are trading a broader range of assets beyond Bitcoin and Ether. He noted strong traction for staking since Robinhood introduced the feature in December and increased interest in DeFi use cases, even as overall sentiment remains in "Extreme Fear" and U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs log several weeks of net outflows.

Bitcoin is retesting a major resistance band between $68,300 and around $69,800 on the daily chart, after previously being rejected there. The bullish structure remains intact as long as price holds above the nearby $66,194–$66,956 support, while a break below could open the way toward the $64,535–$62,592 zone. A decisive daily close above the $68,300–$69,867 area would indicate stronger upside momentum and raise the probability of a move to new local highs.

According to on-chain data, XRP recently posted roughly $900 million in weekly realized losses, its largest capitulation since 2022. A previous major spike occurred 39 months ago at -$1.93 billion, followed by a 114% advance over eight months. Since January 2025, price action has stayed within a broad corrective range, with $1.20 highlighted as a critical level.

According to Chainalysis, cryptocurrency payments to suppliers of fentanyl precursor chemicals started to decline in mid-2023, several months before official data showed a fall in overdose deaths. The report argues that on-chain flows can signal disruptions in illicit synthetic opioid supply three to six months ahead of public health statistics. It also notes an 85% year-over-year surge in 2025 crypto transactions tied to suspected human trafficking services, reaching hundreds of millions of dollars, with much of the activity centered in Southeast Asia.

PUMP’s market structure is being reshaped as a wallet linked to "77DsB…" offloaded 3.376 billion tokens worth about $7.23 million between the 17th and 21st of February, after earlier receiving 3.75 billion PUMP valued near $25.39 million. At the same time, revenue-funded buybacks have accumulated $297.829 million in PUMP purchases, retiring 25.062% of circulating supply and tightening the token float. Pump.fun still drives significant DeFi activity with $499.9 million in daily DEX volume and $3.15 million in 24-hour fees, even as Solana-native speculative flows and platform momentum show signs of cooling.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen about $3.8 billion in outflows over the last five weeks, with net redemptions continuing through Feb. 20. Ether products recorded nearly $123 million in withdrawals across five consecutive weeks, while Solana funds drew roughly $14 million in inflows and XRP saw smaller additions. The pattern points to investor rotation from BTC and ETH toward select altcoins.