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Perception Weekly. Week of February 16-22, 2026
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The Market Crashed 45%. The Infrastructure Didn't Notice.
Perception Weekly - February 16, 2026
Crime Coverage Spiked 271%. Here's Why.
Crime & Legal coverage jumped 271% this week, from 28 mentions to 104 across 28 outlets. That's nearly a 4x surge in a single week. It was the biggest momentum shift across every topic we track. In the 2025 EOY report we did in collaboration with Epoch VC,
Bitcoin in the Media: 2025 Year-End Report
Comprehensive narrative intelligence analysis from 356,423 data points and 653 sources
Standing on a Shrinking Island
It happened on the factory floor first. The work was physical, repetitive, measurable. Of course it would be automated. Then it happened to the back office. Computers could follow procedures better than humans and they never needed coffee breaks. Nobody was surprised and the knowledge workers watched all this from
The Wrong Story: What 354,000 Media Mentions Reveal About Bitcoin in 2025
Here's what the data shows.
The 6.7x mainstream media coverage gap (Q3 Report)
Elite outlets published 3% of Bitcoin coverage in Q3
📈 Perception Quarterly: Hidden In Plain Sight
The 2,948-to-1 intelligence gap revealed.
Why I just left my VP job to build in the chaos
I'm going all-in on Perception.
Q2 2025 Crypto Media Bitcoin Coverage Report
Executive Summary Crypto-native media's Bitcoin coverage in Q2 2025 reveals a strikingly different narrative from mainstream outlets. Across 2,695 articles from 10 leading crypto publications, sentiment averaged 55% positive, 28% neutral, and 17% negative: a dramatic contrast to mainstream media's 31% positive, 41% neutral, 28%
Q2 2025 Mainstream Media Bitcoin Coverage Report
Executive Summary Mainstream media coverage of Bitcoin in Q2 2025 revealed a deeply polarized narrative landscape, with 1,116 articles published across 18 major outlets. The overall sentiment tilted negative at 31% positive, 41% neutral, and 28% negative, masking dramatic divergence between outlets. Perhaps most striking was the near-silence from
These Outlets Shaped Bitcoin’s Narrative in May.
The Bitcoin Mainstream Media Power Rankings — May 2025 Edition
Reports
About the FT’s Bitcoin Coverage
Dear reader, The Financial Times just hit its 400th piece on Bitcoin since 2018 with a banger of a mini-documentary featuring Michael Saylor that went viral on X. But what kind of story have they been telling? I ran the numbers using Perception’s data to find out if the
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Q1 2025 Mainstream Media Bitcoin Coverage Report
Prepared for Capital Allocators, CIOs, and Institutional Strategists
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Crypto Media Sentiment Exposed: Who’s Bullish on Bitcoin?
Crypto Media Bitcoin Sentiment Report – Q1 2025
Q1 2025 Bitcoin Narrative Intelligence Brief – What Institutions Missed After $100K
Narrative Trends, Sentiment Shifts & Institutional Signals
Opinion
Why Most Fear & Greed Indexes Misread Bitcoin Sentiment
Bitcoin’s market sentiment is a popular topic, but many Fear & Greed indexes function as black boxes: they lack transparency, exaggerate sentiment, and rely heavily on social media hype. In the past few weeks, mainstream indexes have displayed extreme lows—as dramatic as 15 on their scales—painting an
Weekly Digest
Perception Weekly #70
💡Last week’s discussions highlighted the complex interplay of regulatory challenges, institutional investment trends, and state-level Bitcoin legislation. ETF outflows and security concerns dampen market sentiment, while state-driven Bitcoin initiatives and corporate adoption fuel optimism. Industry snapshot 🔥 Hot Discussions Bitcoin ETF Outflows * Sentiment: Negative * Insights: * Mainstream Media: Coverage highlights the
Opinion
The Quiet Shift in How Information Spreads
Since 2021, I’ve led the Marketing & Communications department at Blockstream, and one thing has become increasingly clear: the way information spreads online is changing. Fast. Over the years, I’ve followed Bitcoin coverage across the entire media landscape—mainstream outlets, independent blogs, social media, and algorithm-driven platforms. I’
Weekly Digest
Perception Weekly #69
💡We’ve just rolled out a powerful new feature on Perception! Now, you can select any media outlet and instantly analyze how they’ve covered Bitcoin—from the tone of their reporting to the topics they’ve focused on—all the way back to 2011. What You Can Do: ✅ See
Weekly Digest
Perception Weekly #68
💡The Perception platform is now live in alpha for you to test. The platform is designed for researchers, journalists, and traders, offering something truly unique: real-time trend and sentiment tracking across the Bitcoin industry from over 100+ indexed sources. Please take a moment to check it out and share your
Opinion
OPINION: MSM’s Potential Narrative Casting Bitcoiners as the 1%
Some of last week's headlines have drawn an interesting parallel between the world’s wealthiest individuals and Bitcoin holders. While Donald Trump’s inauguration and the launch of his and Melania Trump’s meme coins were widely covered to have contributed to the last week's price
Opinion
The Article That Aged Like Milk: NYT’s Bitcoin ‘Collapse’ Prediction
How a Finance Professor Got Bitcoin Wrong (And Missed the Greatest Rally Yet)
Weekly Digest
Perception Weekly #67
💡The Perception platform is now live in alpha for you to test. The platform is designed for researchers, journalists, and traders, offering something truly unique: real-time trend and sentiment tracking across the Bitcoin industry from over 100+ indexed sources. Please take a moment to check it out and share your