{"id":73328,"date":"2026-02-20T15:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73328"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:46:33","slug":"bitcoin-down-over-20-in-2026-logs-worst-start-to-a-year-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73328","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Down Over 20% In 2026, Logs Worst Start To A Year In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) is down 23% through the first 50 days of 2026, marking its weakest start to a year on record as spot ETFs hemorrhaged nearly $4 billion in five weeks.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Historic Decline<\/h3>\n<p>Bitcoin has never previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2026\/02\/20\/bitcoin-logs-worst-ever-start-to-a-year-through-first-50-days\">posted<\/a> consecutive declines in January and February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The asset fell 10% in January and another 15% in February, setting up the first-ever back-to-back monthly losses to start a year.<\/p>\n<p>While double-digit January drops occurred in 2015, 2016, and 2018, each was followed by a positive February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If losses hold, Bitcoin is also on track for its weakest consecutive monthly performance since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The weakness follows a 17% decline in 2025, a post-election year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Historically, post-election years tend to outperform election years on aggregate, making the recent underperformance stand out further.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ETF Bleeding<\/h3>\n<p>Spot Bitcoin ETFs &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50752171\/bitcoin-down-over-20-in-2026-logs-worst-start-to-a-year-in-history?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" down over in logs worst start to a year history>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is down 23% through the first 50 days of 2026, marking its weakest start to a year on record as spot ETFs hemorrhaged nearly $4 billion in five weeks. The Historic Decline Bitcoin has never previously posted consecutive declines in January and February.\u00a0 The asset fell 10% in January and another 15% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-73328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}