As Bitcoin (BTC) price remained trapped in a horizontal consolidation in February 2026, on-chain data analysis now reveals a renewed interest from long-term holders. Long-term Bitcoin holders added 212,000 BTC last month, according to on-chain analytics retrieved by Finbold from market data platform CryptoQuant. After a heavy capitulation of this cohort during the fourth quarter of 2025, long-term Bitcoin holders’ net position change in the past 30 days turned positive. Long-term holder net position change