‘Bitcoin Is Dead’ Search Hits New High: Is It Bottoming In?

Such searches about the extinction of BTC have reached high levels over time.

“The news of my death is greatly exaggerated.” Guess what, bitcoin is dead – again. At least according to the people who search for that on Google and, of course, those who herald its demise.

Such situations in the past, however, have been followed by intense rallies as BTC often moves in the opposite direction of what the crowd expects from it.

A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR “BITCOIN IS DEAD” JUST HITS ATHs.

This is the HIGHEST rate since the FTX crash.

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– Rekt Fencer (@rektfencer) February 20, 2026

Bitcoin Is Dead Search is on the rise

It’s worth noting that when we tried to rerun the same search for “Bitcoin Is Dead” on Google Trends, the results were somewhat different from what Rekt Fencer reported. The analyst said that these queries on the world’s largest search engine recently hit ATHs, but our graph showed that the peak was in December 2025.

The levels are very high now, and have increased in the last few weeks, especially since the price of BTC dropped from $90,000 to $60,000 on February 6. The selling crowd, which is often the base of the Google Trends user, has increased the search for the sudden death of bitcoin.

Interestingly, the number of inquiries is now much higher than what happened after the FTX crash in late 2022. At the time, levels of uncertainty were through the roof, with many questioning the state of the entire market as one of its giants had just collapsed in days. Soon after, bitcoin dropped to $16,000 in what was a full bear market.

BTC’s crash at that time was more than 75%, while this time, it is tracking with a more modest 52% from top to bottom. However, the feeling of the crowd seems to be very fragile now. However, many comments under Rekt Fencer’s post agreed that such negative sentiments often lead to quick and impressive price returns.

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He has died 477 times

Bitcoin used to be declared dead so many times in the past, especially in its early and volatile days, that websites had to be created to keep track of all those sites. Two of the most popular – the obituaries page on 99bitcoins and the death of bitcoin – show the nearest numbers. According to the previous, BTC is called dead 467 times, and these days show 477 times.

The last such examples came in February when a Deutsche Bank strategist said BTC should no longer be considered digital gold, or a Financial Times columnist argued that even at $69,000, BTC’s price is still too high.

Well, bitcoin didn’t die after those 467/477 death announcements. On the contrary; it came back stronger than ever, attracting new types of investors, reaching new price peaks, increasing its network usage, and more. Why should we believe that things should be different now?