Bitcoin's battle between retail panic and institutional accumulation – here's the latest: • Bitcoin consolidates near $68K (21 February 2026) with extreme Fear & Greed Index reading of 8 • Retail traders are 66.8% long, creating a contrarian bearish signal against extreme fear sentiment • Institutional data shows whale accumulation and coins leaving exchanges despite ETF outflows • Market trapped in a symmetrical triangle; breakout above $68.5K or breakdown below $65.5K awaited • Social media outlook is polarized between bull targets of $215K and bearish macro warnings


BitGo’s move creates further competition in a burgeoning European crypto market that is expected to generate $26 billion revenue this year, according to one estimate. BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company with more than $100 billion in assets under custody, has received an extension of its license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), enabling it to offer crypto services to European investors. The company said its local subsidiary, BitGo Europe, can now provide custody, staking, transfer, and trading services. Institutional clients will also have access to an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk and multiple liquidity venues.The extension builds on BitGo’s previous Markets-in-Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license, also issued by BaFIN, and adds trading to the existing custody, transfer and staking services. BitGo acquired its initial MiCA license in May 2025, which allowed it to offer certain services to traditional institutions and crypto native companies in the European Union.Read more