On February 25, Wikipedia co‑founder Jimmy Wales said on X that Bitcoin will likely persist thanks to its decentralized design but may fail as money. He argued only catastrophic failures could threaten the network and suggested its long‑run price could slide below $10,000 by 2050, leaving BTC a niche tool rather than dominant money.

Indiana’s legislature has passed House Enrolled Act 1042, a Bitcoin-focused bill that would safeguard self-custody, node operation, and peer-to-peer transactions while addressing perceived discriminatory taxation of crypto. The measure would also require state pension boards to provide at least one cryptocurrency investment option via a self-directed brokerage structure if it receives the governor’s signature.

According to Google Trends, global searches for "how to buy Bitcoin" have climbed to their highest point in five years, signaling a renewed wave of curiosity from retail users. The rise in beginner-focused queries follows a recent spike in searches for "Bitcoin going to zero," highlighting mixed sentiment around BTC. Bitcoin is trading at $68,301.76, up 4.2% on the day and 2% over the past week, while remaining down 22.4% for the month.

A solo Bitcoin miner independently solved a full block on February 25, receiving a payout of 3.128 BTC valued at roughly $197,000. On-chain data shows that the reward combined the standard block subsidy with a smaller portion of transaction fees, underscoring how rare it is for an individual miner to compete with large pools. The event follows a similar solo mining windfall earlier in the month, highlighting Bitcoin’s probabilistic and permissionless mining design.

Ethereum appears to be repeating a bearish pennant breakdown pattern highlighted on February 24, with the latest move projecting a possible price target slightly above $1,000. The first pennant previously broke lower toward around $1,735, and the current structure has also moved to the downside while ETH trades near $1,822.52 with notable recent losses.

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.

On February 23, analyst Zach Rector said on YouTube that XRP may be nearing a capitulation phase, citing rising fear, realized-loss spikes, and stronger XRP Ledger activity. He noted daily successful transactions have climbed about 40% toward 2.5 million, while XRP trades near $1.38 and remains under pressure in recent performance metrics.

On February 20, analyst CoinsKid shared a liquidity chart indicating that the capital pool supporting recent Bitcoin and XRP advances may be shrinking, potentially dampening short-term momentum. Bitcoin is trading around $67,551.43, with modest daily gains but weekly and monthly losses, while market participants debate whether fading crypto liquidity could rotate into gold or return through institutional and ETF-driven flows.

According to River's third annual Lightning report shared on February 19, Bitcoin's Lightning Network handled an estimated $1.17 billion in monthly volume and 5.22 million transactions in late 2025. The study cites expanding exchange integrations and real-world payments, while the average payment size rose to roughly $223.