bear market
noun
: a market in which securities or commodities are persistently declining in value compare bull market
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Previous bear markets followed explicit collapses, like the fall of FTX in November 2022.
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Ben Weiss, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
As a matter of fact, the megacap is more than 22% off its most recent high, having entered a bear market last week.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
The Dow has experienced various bull and bear markets, from the roaring 1920s to the Great Depression, the exuberance of the dot-com bubble in the 1990s to crash of the early 2000s, and the slides and rebounds of the financial crisis of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic in the early 2020s.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
The 2020 pandemic did not accelerate bitcoin issuance, and the 2022 bear market did not slow it.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Ben Weiss, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
As a matter of fact, the megacap is more than 22% off its most recent high, having entered a bear market last week.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
The Dow has experienced various bull and bear markets, from the roaring 1920s to the Great Depression, the exuberance of the dot-com bubble in the 1990s to crash of the early 2000s, and the slides and rebounds of the financial crisis of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic in the early 2020s.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
The 2020 pandemic did not accelerate bitcoin issuance, and the 2022 bear market did not slow it.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Bear market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear%20market. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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