On February 2, Michael Burry warned that Bitcoin's drop below the $80,000 support level could set off a cascading "death spiral" across crypto-linked assets and tokenized precious metals. He argued that Bitcoin now behaves like a risk asset correlated with equities, leaving leveraged positions, corporate treasuries and miners vulnerable to further declines.

On Tuesday, spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $272 million in net outflows, pulling assets under management below $100 billion for the first time since April 2025, according to SoSoValue. Bitcoin fell under $74,000 and the crypto market cap declined from $3.11 trillion to $2.64 trillion over the past week, per CoinGecko, while Ether-, XRP- and Solana-linked ETFs saw $14 million, $19.6 million and $1.2 million in inflows.

On 4 February 2026, Bitcoin was trading near $76,300 after retreating from levels above $100,000, while total crypto market capitalization slipped to about $2.58 trillion with a daily drop of roughly 2%. Sentiment stayed fragile as the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sat at 14 in extreme fear, technical indicators like RSI and MACD pointed to ongoing downside pressure, and altcoins such as Ethereum, Solana, BNB, and XRP continued to underperform.

Michael Burry, known for his "Big Short" bet, has argued that Bitcoin has failed as a safe-haven asset and outlined three price thresholds that could intensify stress across the crypto sector. He warns that drops below $70,000, $60,000 and $50,000 would respectively inflict heavy losses, trigger an existential crisis for Michael Saylor's firm Strategy, and potentially fracture the wider digital asset ecosystem. Bitcoin briefly fell to an intraday low of $73,111 on Tuesday before rebounding.

Bitcoin has fallen from a peak of $126,000 to $78,000, while spot trading volume has dropped from about $200 billion in October to roughly $104 billion after the October 2025 crash. Despite five straight months of negative spot netflows and shrinking stablecoin and derivatives capital, spot buyers accumulated around $2.1 billion in BTC between 19 and 26 January, offering a fragile signal of a possible short‑term rebound.

In February 2026, economist Nouriel Roubini, known as "Dr. Doom," predicted an impending "apocalypse" for the cryptocurrency sector and argued that a strongly pro-crypto administration has failed to rescue the market. He highlighted Bitcoin's 35% drop from its October high and its 6% decline during a period when gold prices jumped over 60%, claiming crypto offers little utility beyond crime and corruption and that stablecoins are its only notable application so far.

On Monday, Michael Burry warned that ongoing Bitcoin weakness could trigger as much as $1 billion in end‑of‑month liquidations in gold and silver. By Wednesday morning in Asia, Bitcoin was at $76,362 after a 3.17% daily drop and a 14.44% weekly decline, as his remarks emphasized pressure on risk assets and corporate holders.

On Monday, Michael Burry published a Substack note warning that Bitcoin’s slide is spilling into gold and silver, estimating up to $1 billion in metals was sold at January’s end. He said there is "no organic use case reason" for a halt and cautioned a move toward $50,000. On Tuesday, BTC briefly traded below $73,000.