2026-02-17 03:00 UTC | ⛏️ 937005

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1. Bitcoin Crashes 50% from Peak
-- Bitcoin dropped nearly 50% from $126,000 October high to $68,000 amid $2T crypto market wipeout, four-week losing streak, and $173M fund outflows.
-- Signals end of bull run, quantum risks, and fading Trump support erode investor confidence.

2. AI Fears Trigger Trillion-Dollar Selloff
-- Software stocks lost $2T as investors sell firms vulnerable to AI disruption like Schwab and Raymond James amid Anthropic/OpenAI model releases.
-- Reveals market repricing AI winners/losers, sparking broad tech decline and uncertainty on capex returns.

3. Markets Plunge on AI Disruption Panic
-- S&P 500, Nasdaq fell sharply with Dow; software, finance sectors hit hardest by AI obsolescence fears.
-- Heightens macro volatility amid Fed policy doubts, rotation to defensives signals recession worries.

4. Trump Escalates Geopolitical Gambits
-- US invaded Venezuela, capturing Maduro; threatened Greenland takeover; withdrew from 66 organizations.
-- Reshapes alliances, tests NATO/EU; risks escalation in Ukraine, China-Taiwan amid tariff threats.