show that worldwide searches for "buy bitcoin" have surged to their highest level in five years this week, a signal the crypto market has historically struggled to ignore.✨
The last time the query spiked this sharply was in August 2025, when bitcoin was retreating from its then-record high of around $123,000 according to CoinGecko data. Before that, the previous comparable peak was in February 2021, when bitcoin had just crossed $50,000 for the first time and retail mania was at its loudest. In both prior instances, the surge in search interest corresponded with significant price moves in the months that followed