Bitcoin slides toward fifth straight monthly loss as $4.5B ETF outflows put $58,000 on the line

Bitcoin is heading toward an uncomfortable milestone, a potential fifth consecutive monthly decline if February closes in the red, and the setup is starting to look less like a crypto-specific drawdown and more like a macro-driven repricing. This five-month losing streak would be notable in the post-ETF era and would also be Bitcoin’s longest stretch of monthly declines since 2018, when it posted six consecutive down…