Bitcoin Tests Sixty-Five Thousand as Corporate Treasuries Flip to Sellers

Pre-market briefing for Monday, February 23rd, 2026. Bitcoin trades near sixty-six thousand dollars after testing sixty-five thousand support overnight, triggering historic corporate treasury selloff and four hundred sixty-seven million in leveraged liquidations. Spot Bitcoin ETFs extend outflow streak to five weeks with three point eight billion in redemptions. MicroStrategy marks hundredth BTC purchase despite mounting losses. Crypto miners pivot from bitcoin hoarding to AI infrastructure plays, with Bitdeer liquidating entire treasury. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin accelerates ether sales as ETH tests eighteen-fifty support with seven billion in unrealized losses. Tariff uncertainty and Middle East tensions pressure risk assets across the board. We break down the whale selling patterns, exchange flow data, and what extreme fear readings signal for traders positioning into this week.