Trading Moment: AI Panic Escalates on the Eve of CPI, Bitcoin Fluctuates and Consolidates, Difficult to Reproduce "Spring Festival Market"

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Daily market key data review and trend analysis, produced by PANews.

1. Market Observation

The current macro market is experiencing a profound crisis of confidence triggered by AI, the narrative has shifted from "AI enthusiasm" to "AI panic," with investors no longer focusing on who will benefit, but rather panicking over which industries will be disrupted and replaced. On Thursday, financial markets faced widespread sell-offs, with U.S. stock market capitalization evaporating by $1 trillion, Cisco plunging 12% after offering a weak profit margin guidance. The Nasdaq fell more than 2%, the S&P 500 dropped 1.57%, falling below the 50-day moving average, and the Dow Jones index dropped below the 50,000 mark. The tech giants all fell, with Apple dropping over 5%, losing about $20.2 billion in market value in a single day, and Amazon's stock price officially entered a technical bear market on Thursday after falling for eight consecutive days, down 21.4% from its peak. Industry experts expect Nvidia's earnings report on February 25 to become an important catalyst in the AI sector.

The "survival anxiety" brought by AI is spreading from software stocks to broader industries. Following sectors like SaaS, insurance, and wealth management, the commercial real estate and logistics industries are the latest victims, with commercial real estate companies like CBRE and JLL seeing stock prices plummet over 25% cumulatively in two days, and logistics giant CH Robinson falling 14.5%, as investors worry that AI automation will compress commissions and replace some businesses.

This panic is triggering a liquidity squeeze, leading safe-haven assets like gold and silver to also suffer, with spot gold at one point plummeting over $200, closing down more than 3% below the $5,000 mark, and silver crashing roughly 11% to around $75. Funds are flowing into U.S. Treasuries seeking safety, with the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield retreating to around 4.100%. Furthermore, today is the last day for U.S. stocks before the Spring Festival, with market focus eagerly anticipating tonight's upcoming CPI data, expected to be 2.5%, in hopes of finding clues about the Federal Reserve's rate path amid the turmoil, with the market generally expecting rate cuts will start in July.

Bitcoin is currently struggling within the range of $60,000 to $72,000, constrained by heavy supply pressure above $82,000 to $97,000. On-chain analysis firm Glassnode pointed out that the market is squeezed between the "real market average" of around $79,200 and the "realized price" of about $55,000, and could undergo a lengthy consolidation without extreme catalysts. A report from FLAME LABS further analyzed that the shutdown price for S19 series miners is set between $75,000 and $85,000, for S21 series between $69,000 and $74,000, while the range of $52,000 to $58,000 accumulates the 200-week moving average and the miner shutdown price defense line, forming a structurally high-confidence bottom, even though the extreme physical bottom for S23 models drops to as low as $44,000. Analysts from Tony Research and Titan of Crypto believe the bottom may appear in the fourth quarter of 2026 or in October, with target prices looking to $40,000 to $50,000; Rekt Capital warns that failure to reclaim the 200-week EMA (approximately $68,300) could lead to accelerated bearish momentum, while William Clemente and Frank A. Fetter suggest that the Mayer Multiple indicator indicates we are currently in a historically bullish buying zone. Astronomer and Altcoin Sherpa are focusing on the effectiveness of support around $60,000 to $65,000.

Ethereum is showing relatively weak performance, unable to maintain prices above $2,000, hitting a low of $1,745. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart noted that ETH ETF holders are in a worse position than Bitcoin holders, with the current price far below the average cost basis of around $3,500. In terms of technical analysis, Man of Bitcoin believes ETH is in a downward B wave, with crucial support at $1,832; if it breaks below this level, it could see a drop to $1,600. Lennaert Snyder also holds a bearish view, targeting $1,866; StefanB is even more pessimistic, predicting that this round of declines is too steep to form a V-shaped recovery, suggesting that the bottom may arrive in April next year, with prices potentially dropping to the range of $1,006 to $1,333. However, not all viewpoints are so pessimistic; analyst Rod pointed out that prices are forming a bullish falling wedge pattern, with a short-term target pointing to $2,250. Cointelegraph analysis suggests that institutional demand and the resilience of on-chain metrics may support a price rebound to $2,400.

Solana is also under immense pressure, with analysts like Fade and Altcoin Sherpa warning that it is in the correction phase at the late stage of the cycle; should it break below the crucial support of $60, it could further retreat to $50 or even lower. For the entire altcoin market, analyst Inmortal believes that due to extreme capital dispersion, 99% of altcoins may never reach historical highs again. Regarding the Mene coin, GEM DETECTER data shows that among the 180,000 traders on the PumpFun platform last month, 99% made profits of less than $500, and 42% were at a loss. Additionally, as a market bellwether, Coinbase's fourth-quarter earnings report shows that despite a 156% increase in total trading volume for the year, due to high operating expenditures and investment losses, the company's net loss reached $667 million, putting pressure on its stock price. Meanwhile, its CEO Brian Armstrong has sold over $550 million worth of company stock in the past nine months, further hurting market confidence.

2. Key Data (As of February 13, 13:00 HKT)

(Data Source: CoinAnk, Upbit, SoSoValue, CoinMarketCap)

  • Bitcoin: $66,256 (Year-to-date -24.33%), Daily spot trading volume $4.681 billion

  • Ethereum: $1,933 (Year-to-date -34.83%), Daily spot trading volume $1.909 billion

  • Fear and Greed Index: 9 (Extreme Fear)

  • Average GAS: BTC: 10.06 sat/vB, ETH: 0.35 Gwei

  • Market share: BTC 58.9%, ETH 10.5%

  • Upbit 24-hour trading volume ranking: XRP, BTC, BERA, ME, ETH

  • 24-hour BTC long-short ratio: 48.95% / 51.05%

  • Sector gains and losses: The crypto market is generally down, with GameFi, Meme, and AI sectors all down over 2%

24-hour liquidation data: A total of 83,137 people globally were liquidated, with a total liquidation amount of $204 million, with $83 million in BTC liquidations, $37.42 million in ETH liquidations, and $9.73 million in SOL liquidations.

3. ETF Flows (As of February 12)

  • Bitcoin ETF: -$410 million

  • Ethereum ETF: -$113 million

  • SOL ETF: +$2.7041 million

4. Today's Outlook

The largest gainers among the top 100 cryptocurrencies today: River up 17.2%, Pi Network up 4%, POL (formerly MATIC) up 3.8%, Toncoin up 3.7%, Sei up 3.5%.

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