{"id":15957,"date":"2026-02-23T04:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?p=15957"},"modified":"2026-02-23T04:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:37:10","slug":"the-week-ahead-bitcoin-drops-to-65k-amidst-renewed-tariff-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-bitcoin-drops-to-65k-amidst-renewed-tariff-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead: Bitcoin Drops to $65K Amidst Renewed Tariff Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The market dipped over the weekend as Bitcoin fell to around <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/en\/trading\/BTC-USDT\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$65K<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on elevated tariff war fears. Meanwhile, Ethereum dropped to around <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/en\/trading\/ETH-USDT\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1,800<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, indicating pessimism amongst traders.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CoinMarketCap\u2019s <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/charts\/fear-and-greed-index\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crypto Fear and Greed Index<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is hovering around 14, signaling that traders are still cautious of macro uncertainty that could add to selling pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This past week, U.S. Q4 GDP growth was announced at just <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/20\/pce-inflation-december-2025.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.4%<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, far below the estimate of 2.5%.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Core PCE was raised to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yelza.com\/nl\/research\/beursagenda-23-februari-27-februari-2027#:~:text=Whereas%20it%20was%20expected%20to%20fall%20from%204.4%20percent%20to%202.8%20percent%2C%20the%20final%20growth%20came%20in%20at%20only%201.4%20percent.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3% YoY<\/span><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">last week, slightly above the average estimate of 2.9%.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15958\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-12.26.49-PM.png?resize=1080%2C464&#038;quality=75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-12.26.49-PM.png 1105w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-12.26.49-PM-980x421.png 980w, https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-12.26.49-PM-480x206.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1105px, 100vw\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000; line-height: 1.6;\"><b>What Traders Should Watch Out for This Week<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Traders should watch out to see how the world will react to Trump\u2019s renewed tariff threats; while the Supreme Court struck down tariffs last week, the administration could turn to other levers to push their trade agenda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major U.S. PPI data is also going to be <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-week-ahead\/ppi-pressures-overshadowed-by-tariff-rulings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this Friday, which could signal inflation as well as Fed rate expectations amid hawkish repricing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Additionally, NVIDIA earnings, to be released on Wednesday, could weigh on U.S. AI tech stocks and crypto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Here are the major economic indicators to watch out for this week:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 23: Factory orders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 24: S&amp;P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities), wholesale inventories, consumer confidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 25: NVIDIA Q4 earnings report<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 26: Initial jobless claims<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Feb 27: Producer price index (delayed report), core PPI, construction spending (delayed report), Chicago Business Barometer (PMI)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The market dipped over the weekend as Bitcoin fell to around $65K on elevated tariff war fears. Meanwhile, Ethereum dropped to around $1,800, indicating pessimism amongst traders.\u00a0 CoinMarketCap\u2019s Crypto Fear and Greed Index is hovering around 14, signaling that traders are still cautious of macro uncertainty that could add to selling pressure.\u00a0 This past week, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[475,476,451],"class_list":["post-15957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-insights","tag-bitcoin-fell","tag-nvidia","tag-tariffs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 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