Crypto Fear & Greed Index

What the number measures

The index, published by alternative.me, blends several signals about Bitcoin and the wider market: price volatility, trading momentum and volume, social-media activity, Bitcoin’s share of the total market, and search interest. Fear tends to show up as volatility and falling volume; greed as rallies on heavy volume and a flood of attention.

It describes the mood, not the future. Readings of “extreme fear” have often come near local lows and “extreme greed” near local highs, but a sentiment gauge is not a timing tool and nothing here is financial advice.

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