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Story: Bitcoin Fear Hits Record Highs as Americans Search “Crash

By Evie Vavasseur

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Americans can't stop googling "Bitcoin to zero" right now. Google Trends shows U.S. searches for this phrase just smashed all previous records this month, even as global interest…

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The numbers tell a pretty stark story about what's happening in American investors' heads. While the rest of the world seems to be moving on from Bitcoin fever, U.S.

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Global search interest peaked back in August. Then it basically fell off a cliff.

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But here in America, it's a completely different story - searches for Bitcoin doom scenarios keep climbing higher.

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Bitcoin's recent moves have been absolutely brutal to watch. February 15 was particularly nasty when the price crashed through that $25,000 floor.

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The cryptocurrency market never fails to surprise people with its wild swings, and Bitcoin usually leads the charge in both directions.

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And the silence from major players is deafening.

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Coinbase hasn't said a word about the search spike or what it might mean for trading volumes on their platform.

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The market did catch a break on February 18 when Bitcoin climbed back above $26,000, giving rattled investors some temporary relief.

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JPMorgan Chase dropped a report on February 19 suggesting institutional investors might be losing interest in Bitcoin altogether.

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Cointelegraph reported that institutional investors are already diversifying away from Bitcoin to manage risk better.

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The search behavior reveals deeper fractures in American crypto sentiment that extend beyond simple price concerns.

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Regional trading data from CoinMarketCap shows American exchanges accounting for 34% of global Bitcoin trading volume in February, up from 28% in December.

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