Crypto sentiment remains muted even as prices creep higher: the Fear & Greed Index is still stuck in "extreme fear."
Alternative.me’s Fear & Greed Index, which aggregates traders’ mood across five inputs—trading volume, market-cap dominance, volatility, social media sentiment, and Google Trends—scores sentiment on a 0–100 scale. Readings below 47 signal net fear, readings above 53 signal greed, and values between 47 and 53 indicate neutrality. The index also flags the extremes: 25 and below is labeled “extreme fear,” while readings above 75 denote “extreme greed.” Historically, market tops have tended to form around extreme greed and bottoms around extreme fear.
That historical inverse relationship between price and sentiment is back in focus. Since the sell-off that began in Q4 2025, crypto markets have spent an extended period in the extreme-fear band. A mid-March Bitcoin bounce to $75,000 briefly lifted morale—the index climbed to 28—but the rally faded and sentiment slid back into the deep-fear zone.
In the past few days the index has inched up again as BTC rallied toward $76,000, but the recovery hasn’t been strong enough to exit extreme fear. The meter currently reads 23, still just inside the extreme-fear boundary, suggesting investors remain cautious and skeptical about the durability of this latest move.
If bullish momentum sustains, the index could break out of extreme fear in the coming days. For now, though, the market appears unconvinced: Bitcoin is trading around $74,800 at the time of writing, roughly 5% higher over the past seven days.
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