Ether may be nearing another sharp rebound despite its recent sell-off, according to Tom Lee, who argues that historical patterns point to a familiar V-shaped recovery.Speaking at a conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Lee said Ethereum has repeatedly staged rapid rebounds after deep drawdowns. “Since 2018, Ethereum has fallen more than 50% eight times,” he said. “Eight out of eight times, Ethereum has had a V-shaped bottom.”Lee noted that in each case, Ether recovered at roughly the same speed as its decline. He added that last year alone, Ethereum dropped 64% between January and March, before rebounding.“Nothing has changed,” Lee said. “Ether will see another V-shaped bottom.”Analysts see signs of a near-term bottomLee said Ether appears close to a bottom similar to prior downturns in late 2018, late 2022, and April 2025, suggesting investors should focus on opportunity rather than capitulation.Market analyst Tom DeMark of BitMine flagged $1,890 as a potential downside target, describing a possible “undercut” scenario in which the level is briefly tested twice. Lee characterized such a pattern as a “perfected bottom.”“You don’t really have to worry about the bottom,” Lee said. “If you’ve already seen a decline, you should be thinking about opportunities here instead of selling.”Ether struggles below $2,000Ether has remained under pressure in recent weeks. Prices on Coinbase fell to about $1,760 on Feb. 6, just above the 2025 low near $1,400, according to TradingView.At the time of writing, Ether was trading around $1,970, having failed to reclaim the $2,000 level after a roughly 37% decline over the past 30 days.Staking demand reaches record levelsDespite weak price action, on-chain data points to strong long-term conviction. The wait time to stake Ether has climbed to a record 71 days, with roughly 4 million ETH in the validator entry queue, according to ValidatorQueue.The share of Ether supply staked has also reached an all-time high of 30.3%, or about 36.7 million ETH.“This is a massive supply restriction,” said crypto analyst Milk Road, noting that roughly one-third of Ether’s supply is now illiquid and earning around 2.83% APR. “When people lock up $74 billion during a price dip, they’re not speculating. They’re settling in.”The combination of historical rebound patterns and tightening liquid supply underpins Lee’s view that Ether may be approaching another rapid recovery phase, even as near-term volatility persists.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest again increased its holdings in Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency exchange Bullish and acquired shares in Circle, demonstrating its long-term confidence in crypto assets. On the same day, Ark purchased 364,044 shares of Bullish stock through three of its ETFs, worth approximately $11.6 million at the closing price, marking the tenth consecutive trading day of increased holdings. Bullish has rebounded approximately 28.3% since its closing low of $24.90 on February 9, closing at $31.88 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Ark increased its holdings in Circle by 75,559 shares, worth approximately $4.4 million. Circle's stock price fell 3.2% that day, closing at $57.86, up 7.8% over the past five days, but still down 30% over the past month. In the overall market, major U.S. stock indices declined slightly, with the Dow Jones down 0.1%, the Nasdaq down 0.2%, and the S&P 500 flat. In the crypto market, Bitcoin rose 0.2% in the past 24 hours to $67,143, while Ethereum rose 0.9% to $1,968. (The Block)

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the company could one day be worth $1 trillion. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/ripple-targets-1t-valuation/

Key Takeaways 30% of Ethereum’s supply is locked in staking, tightening liquid supply. 4. source: https://coindoo.com/ethereum-news-30-of-supply-locked-as-staking-demand-surges/

Are investors missing the biggest signal in this tough market phase? source: https://ambcrypto.com/extreme-fear-grips-crypto-are-whales-quietly-accumulating/

Bitcoin miner Cango sold $305 million in Bitcoin to repay debt and redirect capital toward AI computing while keeping its mining operations active. source: https://catenaa.com/markets/cryptocurrencies/cango-sells-305-million-in-bitcoin-to-fund-ai-expansion/

Dubai Land Department activates secondary market trading for real estate tokens on February 20, 2026. About 7. 8 million tokens representing fractional property ownership will be available for resale. source: https://coinpaprika.com/news/dubai-opens-property-token-trading-february-20

Analysts cite ETH concentration in the ETH2 Beacon Deposit Contract and large staking pools like Lido as tightening float; inaccessible holdings curb liquidity. source: https://coincu.com/news/ether-draws-scrutiny-as-eth2-beacon-deposits-concentrate/

ملخص تحليل اليورو دولار اليوم الاتجاه العام: فى ميل هابط. نقاط الدعم لليورو دولار اليوم: 1. 1820 – 1. 1750 – 1 source: https://www.tradersup.com/%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%81%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9/%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%84-%d9%81%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b1-eur-usd/%d8%b6%d8%ba%d9%88%d8%b7-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%af%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%af%d8%b9%d9%85-%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b8%d8%a7/152467

In January of this year, Arkham released an Ethereum report, "Who Owns the Most Ethereum? Top ETH Holders 2026," which listed the largest ETH holding addresses in the current market. The statistics show: 1. Over 60% of the total ETH supply is held in the ETH2 Beacon Deposit Contract (77,186,906 ETH, worth approximately $241.39 billion, representing 63.23% of the supply). 2. The largest individual holder is Rain Lohmus (holding 250,000 ETH, worth approximately $786 million), but his holdings are inaccessible due to a lost private key. 3. The largest accessible individual holder is Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, who currently holds 240,000 ETH, worth approximately $754 million. Other data is shown in the figure.

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