February 15, 2026

Bitcoin Breaches $19,000, Ethereum Dips Below $1,000

Bitcoin Breaches $19,000, Ethereum Dips Below $1,000

An early Saturday morning slide saw ETH slip below the key support level of $1,000, and Bitcoin fall as low as $18,905, representing significant new lows in already bearish crypto market, according to CoinMarketCap.

Ethereum dropped precipitously from $1,076 to $986 in less than two hours.

Bitcoin is down nearly 10 percent for the day, and continues to hover below the $20,000 mark at press time. The last time Bitcoin was in the $19,000 range was December 2020. Back then, hitting $19,450 was called a “surge” tied to proposed U.S. regulation of stablecoins.

Want to be a crypto expert? Get the best of Decrypt straight to your inbox.

Get the biggest crypto news stories + weekly roundups and more!

Previous Article

Bitcoin Breaches $19,000, Ethereum Dips Below $1,000

Next Article

Bitcoin Breaches $19,000, Ethereum Dips Below $1,000

You might be interested in …

Disney Is On The Lookout for NFT Experts

Disney Is On The Lookout for NFT Experts

Multinational entertainment company Disney is looking for prospective candidates who understand the burgeoning non-fungible token (NFT) industry.  A total of four jobs on the company’s careers website mention NFTs. These positions are; Director, Sales & […]

This Week in Coins: Ethereum Outpaces Bitcoin as Markets Thaw

This Week in Coins: Ethereum Outpaces Bitcoin as Markets Thaw

This week in coins. Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt Companies are doing whatever possible to stay solvent during crypto winter—freezing redemptions, laying off employees, cutting spending, filing for bankruptcy, negotiating buyouts—but those conditions couldn’t […]