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The current volatility the crypto industry is witnessing has people talking about crashes and dips, which has led to a debate about which state the market is currently in.  Some believe the market has crashed with BTC shocking analysts every day with its behavior, while others think this is just another dip and people are overreacting, as usual.  How terms trending across social media affect crypto According to Santiment Feed, a market intelligence platform, there is a marked difference between how traders perceive a crypto dip versus a crash.  “In the former, it’s usually a simple observation that prices have gone down enough to be noticed. In the latter, a full-on crash is when things get interesting,” the platform’s post on X read.  They went further by pointing out that there is no true rule-of-thumb for what should differentiate a dip vs. a crash. However, according to social data, “when traders have decided that a crash has occurred (as they did yesterday), it’s a very reliable bottom indicator.”  According to a chart provided by the platform, prior to February 5, when Bitcoin dropped as low as $60k, there had only been talks of a dip across social media. When it dipped to that level, traders panicked and finally sold Thursday bags at a loss, but as soon as that happened, prices immediately rebounded.  Coincidentally, or not, the term “crash” spiked across social media around the same time the rebound happened.  The post from Santiment also claims that the mainstream media are often quite late to the party but never fail to call attention to the crypto “crash”, helping to get many more eyeballs on it, never mind that $BTC has already shown signs of recovery, up 13% from yesterday’s bottom.  “This simply perpetuates more panic for the latecomers, and allows…

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Filed under: News - @ February 7, 2026 2:21 pm