Bitcoin rose 1.8%, highest since September

Bitcoin ($BTC) finally ended the month with positive price performance first time since septemberbut only ended a five-month losing streak by a narrow margin.

$BTC The month opened at $67,000 and closed at $68,221. In other words, the overall “profit” amounted to about $1,200 per coin, or 1.8%.

For context, $BTC It often changes by that amount within a few minutes on average.

Even the most pitiful shreds of evidence reinforce that the crypto bear market may be coming to an end. $BTC The community celebrated the change in momentum.

The Fear and Greed Index hit an all-time low of 5 out of 100 on February 6, 2026. If you squint, it’s much higher now, at 31 points.

One less bad month $BTC

The sequence of events that preceded that glimmer of positivity in March was truly ugly.

$BTC On October 6, 2025, it was worth more than $126,000, but by February 6, it had plummeted to $60,000.

Recent monthly losses have been relentless. The market capitalization of cryptocurrencies decreased by $200 billion in October, $610 billion in November, $110 billion in December, $300 billion in January, and $350 billion in February.

It briefly halted its losses in March with a profit of $40 billion, but its profit margin was its lowest.

Still, at least it’s not as bad as the worst moment of the year.

$BTC This is 14% higher than the February 6th low of $59,930. It has rebounded a little further since the start of the typically bearish war and macro environment.

Celebrate Green Flickers on Social Media

Reactions on social media revealed just how desperate $BTC Traders were looking for a glimmer of hope.

Bitcoin Magazine announced the green closing price in a breath-taking all-caps alert. $BTC Not only did it lose nearly half its value over six months;

One popular account called it “a lot of hopium” and added, perhaps wisely, “Let’s hope this isn’t an April Fool’s joke.”

Prior to this period, the longest continuous monthly bear market was the six-month red market from August 2018 to January 2019.

$BTC The current price is $68,300, 46% below October’s high and 23% down year-to-date.