{"id":73923,"date":"2026-02-25T16:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73923"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:16:41","slug":"bitcoin-searches-surge-as-price-halves-crypto-etfs-face-their-first-real-stress-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73923","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Searches Surge As Price Halves \u2014 Crypto ETFs Face Their First Real Stress Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s 50% decline from its October 2025 peak is colliding with a strong resurgence in U.S. search interest, creating a critical juncture for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/etfs\">crypto ETFs <\/a>as investors face a choice between bottom-fishing and escalating macro risks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/crypto\">The cryptocurrency <\/a>has fallen to the mid-$60,000s from its record high of $126,000, a decline that has wiped out approximately $2 trillion from the overall digital asset market. However, according to <em>CryptoSlate\u2019s <\/em>analysis of Google Trends, U.S. Google search volume is rising toward levels not seen since the 2021 bubble, indicating a return of retail interest despite the challenging market conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This cycle, however, comes with a twist.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ETFs Replace Exchanges As The Conviction Gauge<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike previous cycles, which were characterized by offshore exchanges, the current cycle sees U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs as the primary entry point for institutional and retail allocators. As such, ETF flows are the most up-to-date indicator of whether increased interest is being channeled into investment.<\/p>\n<p>Macro risks have further clouded the outlook. Bitcoin surged more than 3% in anticipation of President<strong> Donald Trump&#8217;s <\/strong>State of the Union address before paring &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/etfs\/specialty-etfs\/26\/02\/50855555\/bitcoin-searches-surge-as-price-halves-crypto-etfs-face-their-first-real-stress-test?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" searches surge as price halves crypto etfs face their first real stress test>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s 50% decline from its October 2025 peak is colliding with a strong resurgence in U.S. search interest, creating a critical juncture for crypto ETFs as investors face a choice between bottom-fishing and escalating macro risks. The cryptocurrency has fallen to the mid-$60,000s from its record high of $126,000, a decline that has wiped out [&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-73923","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\/73923","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=73923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}